Single:
Heart Full of Soul entered the Australian singles chart* on 10 July 1965 and peaked at #15.
Songwriter:
Graham Gouldman
Producer:
Giorgio Gomelsky
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Heart Full of Soul was written by Graham Gouldman, who later formed the band 10cc. Gouldman was a prolific songwriter who also came up with songs for The Hollies, Cher, The Shadows, and Herman’s Hermits.
It was the Yardbirds’ first single after Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton as lead guitarist. Beck employed an early use of a fuzz box on his lead part. The original arrangement called for a sitar playing the lead guitar part, but they instead opted for Beck’s sitar-sounding guitar.
This was one of many songs at the time that was influenced by Eastern music. It was released five months before the Beatles’ Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), which featured George Harrison playing the sitar for the first time in Western pop music.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-yardbirds/heart-full-of-soul
Lyrics:
Sick at heart and lonely
Deep in dark despair
Thinking one thought only
“Where is she, tell me where?”
And if she says to you
She don’t love me
Just give her my message
Tell her of my plea
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