The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the ou… Read Full Bio ↴The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the outset of their career. The name change occurred at the behest of music publicist Peter Meaden, who wanted to make them known as a mod band. "High numbers" was a reference to T-shirts with number designs, a coveted mod fashion item at the time. The band consisted of the same line-up as The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass), and Keith Moon (drums). After their first single failed to chart, they reverted to The Who.

Both sides of their only official single release, Zoot Suit / I'm the Face (released on major mod label Fontana in 1964), were works of plagiarism; respectively, "Zoot Suit" and "I'm the Face" were Meaden's reworkings of "Misery" by The Dynamics, and "I Got Love If You Want It" by Slim Harpo. Both were well-known mod songs; by all accounts, angered mods were the primary cause the single's failure. The band quickly broke off their association with Meaden, and would shortly earn the mods' affection, and indeed became one of the most emblematic "mod" bands of all time.

In 1974, The Who released the album Quadrophenia, their second rock opera, its lyrical subject matter being a search for identity during the heyday of the mods. Fittingly, lyrical references to "I'm the Face" and "Zoot Suit" appeared in the songs "Cut My Hair" and "Sea and Sand", respectively. "Zoot Suit" later appeared on the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Quadrophenia, whereas the two aforementioned album cuts were used only in abridged forms.

The High Numbers' only single was released alongside two other studio cuts ("Leaving Here" and "Here 't Is") as part of The Who's box set Thirty Years of Maximum R&B. A number of High Numbers performances also exist in bootleg audio, or video form; most notably, this includes one, or several, performances during their residency at the Marquee Club in London.

Shepherd's Bush, West London, United Kingdom

Here 'Tis
The High Numbers Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Here 'Tis' by these artists:

Eric Clapton and Yardbirds I sing... I sing... Yeah, now, I love my baby, And my baby…
Eric Clapton feat. The Yardbirds I sing... I sing... Yeah, now, I love my baby, And my baby…
The Who Whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa), I said whoa, whoa, who…
The Yardbirds I sing... I sing... Yeah, now, I love my baby, And my baby…
Yardbirds (the) I sing... I sing... Yeah, now, I love my baby, And my b…

We have lyrics for these tracks by The High Numbers:

Here Hey, fellas, have you heard the news, Yeah, the women in…
Here 't Is Whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa), I said whoa, whoa, who…

I'm the Face I'm the face baby, is that clear, I'm the face baby,…
Im The Face I'm the face baby, is that clear, I'm the face baby,…
Leaving Here Hey, fellas, have you heard the news, Yeah, the women in…
The High Numbers I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you…

Zoot Suit I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you…

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Comments from YouTube:

scttymc1967

4y↑1

So cool,great groove on this one!

Mark C. Lowe

6y↑1

I got here because of Chapter 8 in Dave Marsh's Before I Get Old - The Story of The Who. This was one of their first recordings for Fontana Records. What's interesting is as famous as the Who are now, and as awesome a relic as this song is, and as bloody cool as it sounds now, it was not released as it was felt a band needed original songs to make it big.