Write-Up: This song mistakingly and frequently pops up on 60's hits radio stations in my listening experience and it was always bound to happen. I mean, just listen to it. It is quite comparable to early CCR and similar Swamp Rock from the decade. Of course the band has a bit of work that actually was in the 60's and perhaps even this song was inspired by the decade but it wasn't released until almost 2 years into the 70's. According to the internet the vocal style of John Fogerty was an inspiration and indeed CCR laid on some influence. Interestingly enough the single was released the very spring that Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up. Not a bad homage to the band then in that case if you ask me. The Hollies were a British band and this song topped the charts in a couple of countries at the time. For anyone that is a Phish fan you might be interested to know (or perhaps you already do lol) that this was the first song the band ever covered/played at their very first concert. They would eventually play it again at their 15th and 20th anniversary concerts as well. Alan Clarke who was the lead singer here had actually left the band after this was released and oddly enough returned to the band in the summer of '73 partly due to the success of this song. ====================================
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