Over Under Sideways Down
| "Over Under Sideways Down" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1966 U.S. Epic 45 picture sleeve, 10035 | ||||
| Single by The Yardbirds | ||||
| from the album Yardbirds (aka Roger the Engineer) | ||||
| B-side | "Jeff's Boogie" (Dreja, McCarty, Beck, Relf, Samwell-Smith) | |||
| Released | May 1966 (UK) | |||
| Format | 7", 45rpm | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, blues rock[1][2] | |||
| Label |
Columbia (EMI) DB7928 Epic 10035 (USA) | |||
| Writer(s) | Dreja, McCarty, Beck, Relf, Samwell-Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Samwell-Smith, Simon Napier-Bell | |||
| The Yardbirds singles chronology | ||||
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"Over Under Sideways Down" was a single by The Yardbirds[3] released on Columbia in the UK and Epic in the U.S. Chart tops: UK: #10, US: #13.[4]
It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down (US, German and French title), or Yardbirds (UK title) which is more commonly referred to as Roger the Engineer. The song was inspired by Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" with Jeff Beck on lead guitar and bass guitar.
The B-side was "Jeff's Boogie", an instrumental featuring Jeff Beck on lead guitar. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Beck, Bogert, and Appice also performed the song live in concert.
Although the band claimed writing credits for "Jeff's Boogie", it is regarded by some as a thinly veiled cover of Chuck Berry's Guitar Boogie.[5]
"Over Under Sideways Down" was rated No. 23 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[6]
The song was featured during a drug binge sequence in the 2009 film Observe and Report, as well as at the beginning of the trailer.
Personnel
- Keith Relf – lead vocals, harmonica
- Jeff Beck – lead guitar, bass guitar
- Chris Dreja – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Jim McCarty – drums, vocals
- Paul Samwell-Smith – bass guitar, vocals
References
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "Roger the Engineer", Allmusic. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ↑ J. DeRogatis, Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock (Milwaukie, Michigan: Hal Leonard, 2003), ISBN 0-634-05548-8, p. 164.
- ↑ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 38 – The Rubberization of Soul: The great pop music renaissance. [Part 4]" (AUDIO). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Revised and Enlarged, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
- ↑ Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin's Dubious Recording History
- ↑ Mussiqa.net: The Best Search Links on the Net