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High Numbers - Biography - AOL Music |
 | | The High Numbers did a single for Fontana in July, "I'm the Face"/"Zoot Suit." Both sides of the 45 were written by Meaden, the A-side loosely adapted from Slim Harpo's "Got Love If You Want It," a popular cover choice among British bands of the time (including the Kinks and the Yardbirds). |
 | | The flip side is often said to be similarly based on "Country Fool," an obscure New Orleans R&B number by the Showmen, although the resemblance to a previous song is not as blatant as it is with "I'm the Face." The lyrics, too, were rather blunt pastiches of mod jargon and sloganeering. |
 | | Whether this was intentional or not, it also erased any stigma that might have been attached to them as the result of the High Numbers' flop 45, and allowed them to present their first 1965 single, "I Can't Explain," as the debut of a brand-new band, the Who. |
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