My White Bicycle
| "My White Bicycle" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Tomorrow | ||||
| from the album Tomorrow | ||||
| B-side | "Claramount Lake" | |||
| Released | May 1967 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Keith Hopkins, Ken Burgess | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Wirtz | |||
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"My White Bicycle" is Tomorrow's debut single.[2] According to Tomorrow drummer John 'Twink' Alder, the song was inspired by the Dutch Provos, an anarchist group in Amsterdam which instituted a bicycle-sharing system: "They had white bicycles in Amsterdam and they used to leave them around the town. And if you were going somewhere and you needed to use a bike, you'd just take the bike and you'd go somewhere and just leave it. Whoever needed the bikes would take them and leave them when they were done."[3]
The Scottish rock band Nazareth did a cover version, which reached No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart in 1975, staying for eight weeks.[4] Actor Nigel Planer, as his character Neil the Hippy from TV-series The Young Ones, reached No. 97 with his cover in 1984.[5]
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic wrote that the song was one of the first to prominently feature backward guitar phasing.[6]
References
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim (1 January 2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 4. ISBN 0634055488.
- ^ "Tomorrow (2) - My White Bicycle". Discogs. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
Tomorrow only issued two singles under that name. "My White Bicycle" in May 1967, and "Revolution" released in September that same year
- ^ Alder, John C. "Tomorrow". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "NAZARETH | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ "NEIL - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/tomorrow-mw0000247533
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