| "I Can’t Explain" |
| Songwriters: | Pete Townshend (Champion, BMI) |
| Performers: | The Who: Roger Daltry (lead vocal), John Entwistle (bass guitar), Keith Moon (drums), & Pete Townshend (guitar) with John Carter, Ken Lewis, and Perry Ford (backing vocals). |
| Production: | Shel Talmy with Glyn Johns (balance engineer) |
| Recorded: | IBC Studios, London, November 1964, November 1964. |
| UK release: | Brunswick 05926,15 January 1965. Charts 18 February 1965: RR #8. [2:05] |
| US release: | Decca 31725, 8 December 1964: BB #93 (April 1965). |
| Notes and Quotes | |
| Section | Time | Meas. | Description | Text | |
| Intro | 0:00 | 12 | short guitar chords, add drums (tambourine,) and bass | — | |
| A | Verse A | 0: | 16 | double-tracked
lead vocal; chorus responds with hook at the end of each line |
a |
| Refrain | : | 8 | Continue pattern, lead vocal with less text. Emphasize hook. | b | |
| A | Verse B | : | 16 | Chorus sustains harmonies under lead vocal. | c |
| B | Bridge | : | 8 | Two-part harmony (singer with self?) | d |
| Refrain | : | 8 | Refrain as above, except chorus sustains and responds. | e | |
| Refrain | : | 8 | Guitar solo. | — | |
| A | Verse B | : | 16 | As in verse B above. ("?) | f |
| B | Bridge | : | 8 | As in bridge above. | c |
| Refrain | : | 8 | As in refrain above with singer harmonizing with self. | g | |
| A | Verse B | 16 | guitar solo | — | |
| A | Verse C | 16 | As in verses above except chorus sustains and responds. | h |
| Text | |
| Got
feelin' inside ("Can't Explain"); Certain kind ("Can't Explain"); I feel hot and cold ("Can't Explain"); Yeh, down in my soul, yeh ("Can't Explain"). |
a |
| I said (Can't Explain), I'm feelin' good now yeh but (Can't Explain). | b |
| Dizzy
in the head and I'm feelin' blue, Things you said well maybe they're true, I get funny dreams together again, I know what it means but . . . . |
c |
| Can't Explain, I think it's love, try to say it to you when I feel blue, but . . . . | d |
| Can't Explain ("Can't Explain"); Yeh hear what I say girl ("Can't Explain"). | e |
| Dizzy
in the head and I'm feelin' bad, Things you said have got me real mad, I get funny dreams together again, I know what it means but . . . . |
f |
| Can't Explain ("Can't Explain"); You give me one more time, [?] yeh. ("Can't Explain"). | g |
| I
said I Can't Explain now. And drive me outta my mind (Can't Explain). Yeh, I'm a worried guy, (Can't Explain) babe. I said I Can't Explain. |
h |
| Mods | Schedule | The Who |
| 20-May-2018 | ||