Evil Hearted You
| "Evil Hearted You" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Still I'm Sad" |
"Evil Hearted You" is a 1965 song by English rock group the Yardbirds. It was written by Graham Gouldman, who also wrote the group's two prior singles, "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul".[1] Music critic Cub Koda describes the song as a "minor-key pop classic" and guitarist Jeff Beck's solo as "equal parts classical and James Bond soundtrack".[2][2]
In a review for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger called the song "one of the gloomiest hit singles in all of 1960s British rock" and adds:
[It] throws in all of Gouldman's mid-'60s bag of tricks: multiple abrupt tempo changes, a haunting Middle Eastern-influenced melody extremely heavy on the minor chords, a lyric abjectly pining for a woman's love, and adroit integration of several contrasting sections.[1]
The Yardbirds recorded the song at Advision Studios, London, on 23 August 1965.[3] When it was released 1 October 1965 in the UK, "Evil Hearted You", along with the second side, "Still I'm Sad" became a double A-side hit.[4] The Record Retailer singles chart counted both sides and reported it reached number three.[4] The NME singles chart reported the two songs separately – "Evil Hearted You" at number ten and "Still I'm Sad" at number nine.[4] There was no single release in the US, but the song was included on Having a Rave Up,[5] which was released 15 November 1965.
The song was later recorded by the Human Beinz[1] and the Pixies, who sang the lyrics in Spanish. Their version appears as a B-Side on "Planet of Sound" (1991) and also on the Complete 'B' Sides album (2001).
Notes
- ^ a b c
Unterberger, Richie. "Evil Hearted You – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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- ^ Clayson 2002, p. 175.
- ^ a b c Russo 1996, p. 31.
- ^ Clayson 2002, pp. 196–197.
References
- Clayson, Alan (2002). The Yardbirds. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-724-2.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Koda, Cub; Russo, Gregg (2001). Ultimate! (Boxed set booklet). The Yardbirds. Los Angeles: Rhino Records. OCLC 781357622. R2 79825.
{{cite AV media notes}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Russo, Greg (1998). Yardbirds: The Ultimate Rave-Up. Floral Park, New York: Crossfire Publications. ISBN 0-9648157-3-7.
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