I Can See for Miles

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Written by: Pete Townshend
Produced by: Kit Lambert
Released: Oct. '67 on Decca
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 9

"I sat down and made it good from the beginning," Townshend said of the Who's most volcanic studio single in his first ROLLING STONE interview. Written in 1966, "Miles" was painstakingly built in London and L.A. on rare days off from touring in the summer of '67, with Townshend piling on multiple guitars to replicate his onstage amp howl. That fury powered the song into the U.S. Top Ten.

Appears on: The Who Sell Out (MCA)

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