| "Honey I Need" | ||||
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| Single by Pretty Things | ||||
| from the album Pretty Things | ||||
| B-side | "I Can Never Say" | |||
| Released | 3 March 1965 | |||
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| Length | 2:02 | |||
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"Honey I Need" is a song written by Dick Taylor and first performed by English rock band Pretty Things in 1965. It was first published in 1966 and registered at number 13 in the UK[2] Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor wrote the tune, along with a couple of friends who weren't in the band.[3]
Personnel
- Phil May – vocal
- Dick Taylor – lead guitar
- Brian Pendleton – guitar
- John Stax – bass guitar
- Viv Prince – drums
Influence
The poppiest element of the song, and most likely the one that got it to climb the British hit parade, is the insistent, uplifting chorus, which is followed by a typically verging-on-undisciplined, raw bluesy guitar solo. May slightly changes the melody of the verse when he returns after the break, adding a little more urgency to a song that was already plenty propulsive. It was those kinds of little clever attentions to subtleties that belied the Pretty Things' image as crude musical louts, lifting them above most of the standard raw British R&B-derived rock groups of the mid-'60s in originality.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 13 |
| Australia Kent Music Report | 54 |
References
- ↑ "Honey I Need - the Pretty Things | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- 1 2 "honey i need | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- 1 2 "Honey I Need - The Pretty Things | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
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