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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.
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.
In 1965, Saxon founded the psychedelic flower power band The Seeds with Jan Savage (guitar), Rick Andridge (drums), and Darryl Hooper (keyboards). [9] 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
The Seeds came to national prominence, albeit briefly, with hit singles such as "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" and "Pushin' Too Hard", which made them front-runners in the development of garage rock, and one of the more harder-edged groups of the era. [2]
Fallin' Off the Edge also marked the first time that the version of "Pushin' Too Hard", dubbed a "rehearsal", from the fake live album Raw & Alive: The Seeds in Concert at Merlin's Music Box was released without the studio audience noises. The tune was originally an alternative to the Seeds' hit, recorded in 1967. [1] [3]
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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.