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"Pushin' Too Hard", originally titled "You're Pushing Too Hard", is a song by American rock group The Seeds, written by vocalist Sky Saxon and produced by Saxon with Marcus Tybalt. It was released as a single in 1965, re-issued the following year, and peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100 in February 1967 and number 44 in Canada in March.
The band had a national Top 40 hit, "Pushin' Too Hard", in 1966 and performed the song on national television. Three subsequent singles, " Mr. Farmer " (also 1966), a re-release of "Can't Seem To Make You Mine" (1967), and " A Thousand Shadows " (1967), achieved more modest success, although all were most popular in southern California.
Hit songs for Saxon and the Seeds included "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", "Mr. Farmer", and "Pushin' Too Hard," which became a top 40 song and enduring rock anthem in 1967. Saxon's singing performance was dismissed by critic Lester Bangs as an American imitation of Mick Jagger , [ 10 ] while Michael Hicks considered it a more complicated ...
The Seeds is the debut album by American garage rock band the Seeds.It was released in April 1966 through GNP Crescendo Records and produced by Sky Saxon.After the release of two singles in 1965, "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" and "Pushin' Too Hard", the album was released and charted in the United States where it peaked at No. 132 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart.
Still, Raw & Alive had the authenticity of a live album with an introduction by Merlin's Music Box's local disc jockey, "Humble" Harv Miller, lead vocalist Sky Saxon making his traditional dedication of the song, "Pushin' Too Hard", to "society", and crowd noises overdubbed into place. [6]
A regional hit in California, the single did not chart nationally until its April 1967 re-release, [4] after the band's "Pushin' Too Hard" had reached the U.S. Top 40. [6] [7] "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" peaked at number 33 in Canada and number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. [8]
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The Seeds moved into 1967 as an established band with minor national hits, including "Pushin' Too Hard" and two albums solidifying their individual sound."Pushin' Too Hard" had not charted on its initial November 1965 release but a July 1966 re-release finally began climbing the Billboard Hot 100 in November, just as sessions for the new album began.