Over Under Sideways Down

"Over Under Sideways Down" was a single by The Yardbirds^[3] released on Columbia in the UK and Epic in the U.S. It charted in the UK at No. 10, and in the US at No. 13.^[4]

It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down (US, German and French title), or Yardbirds (UK title) which is more commonly referred to as Roger the Engineer. The song was inspired by Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" with Jeff Beck on lead guitar and bass guitar.

The B-side was "Jeff's Boogie", an instrumental featuring Jeff Beck on lead guitar. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Beck, Bogert, and Appice also performed the song live in concert.

Although the band claimed writing credits for "Jeff's Boogie", it is regarded as a thinly veiled cover of Chuck Berry's Guitar Boogie.^[5]

"Over Under Sideways Down" was rated No. 23 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.^[6]

Covers and use in other media

The song was covered by Minneapolis Celtic-punk group Boiled in Lead on its 1985 self-titled debut record. It was featured during a drug binge sequence in the 2009 film Observe and Report, as well as at the beginning of the trailer. It was used in a 2015 commercial promo for Duck Dynasty.

Personnel

1966 ad for the single by Epic Records: "It's new. It's fresh. It's a single with a No. 1 sound!"

References

↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, "Roger the Engineer", Allmusic. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
↑ J. DeRogatis, Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock (Milwaukie, Michigan: Hal Leonard, 2003), ISBN 0-634-05548-8, p. 164.
↑ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 38 – The Rubberization of Soul: The great pop music renaissance. [Part 4]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Revised and Enlarged, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
↑ Collis, John (2002). Chuck Berry: The Biography. London: Aurum. p. 79. ISBN 9781854108739.
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The Yardbirds

Original members (1963–68) Keith Relf Jim McCarty Chris Dreja Paul Samwell-Smith Top Topham Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Jimmy Page Later members (since 1992) John Idan Gypie Mayo Alan Glen Jerry Donahue Ben King Johnny A. Kenny Aaronson Myke Scavone

Albums	For Your Love Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down/Roger the Engineer Little Games Birdland

Live albums	Five Live Yardbirds Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds Live Yardbirds! Featuring Jimmy Page BBC Sessions Live! Blueswailing July '64 Live at B.B. King Blues Club Making Tracks

Compilations	The Yardbirds Greatest Hits Shapes of Things Cumular Limit Ultimate!

Bootlegs	Golden Eggs More Golden Eggs

Singles	"I Wish You Would" "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" "For Your Love" "Heart Full of Soul" "Evil Hearted You" "I'm a Man" "Shapes of Things" "Boom Boom" "Over Under Sideways Down" "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" "Ten Little Indians"

Other songs	"Let It Rock" "Who Do You Love" "Talkin' 'Bout You" "You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover" "Too Much Monkey Business" "Smokestack Lightning" "Five Long Years" "The Sky Is Crying" "My Girl Sloopy" "Train Kept A-Rollin'" "Spoonful" "The Stumble" "Dust My Blues" "White Summer" "Stealing Stealing" "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" "Dazed and Confused" "Knowing That I'm Losing You" "I'm Waiting for the Man"

Related articles	Discography Members Giorgio Gomelsky Simon Napier-Bell Mickie Most Peter Grant Cream The Jeff Beck Group Led Zeppelin Renaissance Box of Frogs ARMS Charity Concert Immediate All-Stars

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