Yellow Balloon was not on the recording, having been in a recent near-fatal car accident. The week of May 20, 1967, the Yellow Balloon's version placed at #25 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, while Jan & Dean's version placed at #111. This was due largely to the fact that many disc jockeys around the United States played only the Yellow Balloon version of the song. The B-side was the song played backwards, entitled "Noollab Wolley". However, several radio stations banned the song in fear that the song was about yellow hallucinogenic pills for a drug trip, just like the Donovan song "Mellow
The Seeker (the Who song) The Seeker (the Who song) "The Seeker" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by English rock band the Who, and featured on their 1971 compilation album "Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy". Around the time of the song's release, Townshend explained its meaning in an interview with "Rolling Stone": "I suppose I like this least of all the stuff", wrote Townshend the following year. "It suffered from being the first thing we did after "Tommy", and also from being recorded a few too many times. We did it once at my home studio, then at IBC where we