Single:
The Freak entered the Australian singles chart* on 3 May 1971 and peaked at #27.
Album:
The song is on the album Zoot Out.
Songwriter:
Rick Springfield
Producer:
Howard Gable
Record label of Australian release:
Columbia
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
By 1970, Zoot’s band members had tired of the garish pink outfits and associated harassment and physical abuse of their ‘think pink’ phase. To rid themselves of the bubblegum/teen idol image, they burnt their outfits on TV music show Happening ’70.
They released a hard rock cover of The Beatles’ song, Eleanor Rigby which became their most popular single. That was followed in 1971 by another hard rock song , The Freak, which was their last single before breaking up.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_(band)
Lyrics:
Bright Lights
Blind me
And I’m whizzing by the people
Pushing, rushing
To the organ grinder’s music
And my eyes are running
And my legs are aching
And there’s people winning
And the carnival’s spinning
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
Also on Bang a Gong by Zoot:
Eleanor Rigby
Hey Pinky
I’m Only Sleeping
Life in a Northern Town
Monty and Me
One Times, Two Times, Three Times, Four
Strange Things
Turn Your Head
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