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"I Can See for Miles" is a song by the English rock band the Who, recorded for the band's 1967 album The Who Sell Out. Written by guitarist Pete Townshend,[4] it was the only song from the album to be released as a single.

"I Can See for Miles"
Single by the Who
from the album The Who Sell Out
B-side	"Someone's Coming" (UK) "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" (US)
Released	18 September 1967 (1967-09-18) (US) 13 October 1967 (UK)
Recorded	May & 6–7 August 1967 10 September 1967
Studio	CBS, London Gold Star, Los Angeles Talentmasters, New York City
Genre	Psychedelic rock[1] power pop[2] hard rock[3] psychedelia[3]
Length	4:25 (album version) 4:05 (single version)
Label	Track (UK) Decca (US)
Songwriter(s)	Pete Townshend
Producer(s)	Kit Lambert
The Who singles chronology
"The Last Time" (1967) "I Can See for Miles" (1967) "Dogs" (1968)

Recording

Recorded in several separate sessions in studios across two continents, the recording of "I Can See for Miles" exemplifies the increasingly sophisticated studio techniques of rock bands in the late 1960s, such as those used for the Beatles and the Beach Boys. The backing tracks were recorded at CBS Studios in London, the vocals and overdubbing were performed at Talentmasters Studios in New York, and the single was mixed and mastered at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles.[5]^{[better source needed]} The initial UK mono pressing (Track Records) and the US Decca single has an overdubbed second bass line mixed upfront, whilst the drums are mixed slightly lower.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

The song is ranked number 40 on Dave Marsh's "The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made",[6] number 37 on NME's "The Top 100 Singles of All-Time",[7] and number 162 on Pitchfork's "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s."[8] Billboard described the single as a "compelling off-beat number full of excitement and drive," stating that a "strong dance beat supports smooth vocal blend with top production work."[9] Cash Box said that it's a "solid, thumping, hard-driving, discotheque-styled rock stand" that's "a real powerhouse."[10] In a review for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger called "I Can See for Miles" "one of the greatest Who songs", adding that it also features "one of Keith Moon's greatest performances" and "one of the best drum parts ever on a rock record".[11]

It was ranked number 262 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2010.[12] It is also ranked number 2 on the magazine's list of the band's best songs.[13] According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 350th most celebrated song in popular music history.[14]

Charts and legacy

"I Can See for Miles" reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart.[15] In the US, it peaked at number 9, the group's highest showing on the Billboard Hot 100[16] and in Canada, it reached number four.^{[citation needed]} Though Townshend had high hopes for the single, it ended up charting lower than most of the group's records up to that time. He wrote the song in 1966, but had held it back as an "ace in the hole", believing it would be the Who's first number-one single: "To me it was the ultimate Who record, yet it didn't sell. I spat on the British record buyer", Townsend later commented.[17]

The song may have inspired the Beatles' "Helter Skelter". Paul McCartney recalls writing "Helter Skelter" after reading a review of The Who Sell Out in which the critic claimed that "I Can See for Miles" was the "heaviest" song he had ever heard. McCartney had not heard the song but wrote: "Helter Skelter" in an attempt to make an even "heavier" song than the one praised in the review, "to be the most raucous vocal, the loudest drums, et cetera".[18]

References

На других языках

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- [en] I Can See for Miles

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[es] I Can See For Miles

«I Can See for Miles» es una canción escrita por Pete Townshend del grupo de rock The Who, grabada para el álbum de 1967 The Who Sell Out. Fue la única canción del álbum en ser lanzada como sencillo, el 14 de octubre de 1967. Hasta la fecha, es el sencillo de mayor éxito de la banda en los Estados Unidos y la única canción en alcanzar el Top 10 del Billboard Hot 100.[1]

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[ru] I Can See for Miles

«I Can See for Miles» (с англ. — «Я вижу на много миль») — песня британской группы The Who, записанная ими для альбома 1967 года The Who Sell Out[6]. В сентябре (то есть до выхода альбома, появившегося на прилавках в декабре) вышла отдельным синглом. Это был единственный сингл с данного альбома. Песня описывает, как лирический герой волшебным образом видит на огромном расстоянии и разоблачает тех, кто его обманывает (в частности, неверную возлюбленную).

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