A Thousand Shadows

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"A Thousand Shadows"
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Template:Infobox song/link by The Seeds
from the album Future
B-side"March of the Flower Children"
ReleasedJune 1967
Recorded1967
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LabelGNP Crescendo
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Sky Saxon, Daryl Hooper, Jan Savage
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Marcus Tybalt
The Seeds singles chronology
"Can't Seem to Make You Mine"
(1967)
"A Thousand Shadows"
(1967)
"The Wind Blows Your Hair"
(1967)

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"A Thousand Shadows" (sometimes written "1000 Shadows") is a song by American rock group The Seeds, written by vocalist Sky Saxon, keyboardist Daryl Hooper, and guitarist Jan Savage. Produced by Marcus Tybalt, it was released as a single in 1967 and peaked at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Background and release

The Seeds premiered "A Thousand Shadows" during a March 1967 performance at the Daisy club in Beverly Hills, California.[1] In June, the song was released as the lead single from the band's third album, Future.[2] The single came in a pink sleeve adorned with gray four-leaf clovers outlining a negative photograph of the band members next to a sign that says "Wishing Well - Help Us Grow."[3]

Reception

A review of "A Thousand Shadows" in a June 1967 issue of Billboard magazine stated "with the flower theme throughout, this smooth rhythm entry [is] well written, performed and produced."[4] Joe Viglione of Allmusic wrote that the song's melody and feel were similar to those of the band's earlier single "Pushin' Too Hard".[3] Music historian Domenic Priore described the lyrics to "A Thousand Shadows" as "ambitious (but never ambiguous)" and said "the music retains the taut incision of 1950s rock 'n' roll."[5] The single spent four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 72.[6] It reached number 86 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 chart.[7]

Track listing

7" Vinyl

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Chart performance

Chart (1967) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 72
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] 86

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 13. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1967-04-01. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. ISBN 978-1841953359.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Viglione, Joe. "'Future' - Review". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pop Spotlights". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 25. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1967-06-24. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Priore, Domenic (2007). Riot On Sunset Strip. London: Jawbone Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-1906002046.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/ "'A Thousand Shadows' - The Seeds - Chart History". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). Retrieved 2012-10-17. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cash Box Top 100 8/5/67". Cashbox Magazine, Inc. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-10-17.

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