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“The Seeker” is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy.

“I suppose I like this least of all the stuff”, wrote Townshend. “It suffered from being the first thing we did after Tommy, and also from being recorded a few too many times. We did it once at my home studio, then at IBC where we normally worked then with Kit Lambert producing. Then Kit had a tooth pulled, breaking his jaw, and we did it ourselves. The results are impressive. It sounded great in the mosquito-ridden swamp I made it up in, Florida at three in the morning drunk out of my brain with Tom Wright and John Wolf. But that’s always where the trouble starts, in the swamp. The alligator turned into an elephant and finally stampeded itself to death on stages around England. I don’t think we even got to play it in the States.” (Actually, this is not true, as the band did perform it for about two weeks on their 1970 American tour.) Released in the UK as Track 604036 on March 21, 1970, it reached #19 in the charts. Released in the U.S. as Decca 732729, it hit the Billboard charts on April 11, 1970, eventually peaking at #44. The Who revived the song on the 2006-2007 tour for Endless Wire.

* Canadian rock group Rush recorded a cover of the song on their 2004 album Feedback.
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  • GuitarGodRocks

    who?

    24 days ago

  • Haradadan

    Rockin' without a squeeling gtr... not that there is anything wrong with that either.

    last month

  • placebobsh

    love them live

    last month

  • KISSastrophe

    The Who..... nuff said

    March 2012

  • lottadogs

    fkn great song...this does rawk

    February 2012

  • dewbie226

    I'VE BEEN SEARCHING LOW AND HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!!!

    February 2012

  • xtwntraphq

    Rush does a GREAT copy of this one. Check em out!

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    this BBC version rawks!!!

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    one of their best

    January 2012

  • gleeh0rt0n

    people tend to hate me cuz i never smile....

    December 2011

  • headgear56

    classic ^_^

    October 2011

  • davidmills71

    Fantastic...

    October 2011

  • julian2012

    Archival !

    September 2011

  • oldiesfanjohn

    i asked bobby dylan,i asked the beatles,i asked timothy leary....boy,1970 was just gettin started

    September 2011

  • Steely_Rain

    I've been searching low and HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!

    August 2011

  • priom__

    150 points snatch!!

    August 2011

  • Tom_Pullings

    Top tune from The Who.

    July 2011

  • pteronophobic

    Damn great tune from the 'orrible 'oo.

    July 2011

  • melliegaredhat

    Awesome, the Seekerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, rock on rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    July 2011

  • RAGGLEMAN

    Great great version :))))

    June 2011
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