Over Under Sideways Down
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Composition and recording
According to Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty, the basic outline for "Over Under Sideways Down" was inspired by Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock".Template:Sfn The group had heard Haley's song on the radio after a gig and considered adapting it in their own style. At a later recording session, guitarist Jeff Beck started by playing the song's bassline and the group were soon working out an arrangement.Template:Sfn Beck then switched to lead guitar and came up with the intro. McCarty recalled:
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We needed an intro, and Jeff peeled one out, an instantly recognisable peel that completely took us by surpriseTemplate:Nbsp... Over and over we listened back to that line, going back and forth over whether it belonged in the song. And then like a flash of lightning, we realised that it did. More than that, it made the song.[2]
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Although McCarty felt that all of the group contributed to the lyrics, producer Simon Napier-Bell attributed them to singer Keith Relf.Template:Sfn He also claims that Relf's original verse "Over under sideways down, That's the best way I have found" was changed to "Over under sideways down, Backwards forwards square and round", because BBC censors might have objected to the vaguely suggestive line.Template:Sfn
Releases and charts
Columbia issued "Over Under Sideways Down" in the UK as a single on 27 May 1966, with Epic in the US following on 13 June.Template:Sfn The B-side, the instrumental "Jeff's Boogie", is credited to Beck; however, it has been described as "a near copy of Chuck Berry's 'Guitar Boogie'".Template:Sfn The single became the Yardbirds' fifth single to reach the UK top 10 chart, where it peaked at numberTemplate:Nbsp10. In Canada it reached number 5.[3] In the US, it reached numberTemplate:Nbsp13.Template:Sfn
In July 1966, the song was released on Yardbirds, the group's first studio album in the UK and in August on the US edition titled after the song.Template:Sfn As one of the group's most popular pieces, "Over Under Sideways Down" it is included on many anthologies, such as The Yardbirds Greatest Hits (1967) and Ultimate! (2001).Template:Sfn A live performance with Beck's replacement, Jimmy Page, recorded in New York City in 1968, is included on the Page-produced Yardbirds '68 (2017).[4]
Recognition
Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Over Under Sideways Down" at number 23 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[5]
References
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