Like, Long Hair

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{{Infobox song

| name = Like, Long Hair

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Paul Revere & the Raiders

| album =

| B-side = Sharon

| released = December 1960

| format =

| recorded = 1960

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Instrumental rock, garage rock

| length =

| label = Gardena

| composer = Paul Revere & the Raiders

| lyricist =

| producer = Gary Paxton

| prev_title = Unfinished Fifth

| prev_year = 1960

| next_title = Midnight Ride

| next_year = 1961

}}

"Like, Long Hair" is a 1961 top-40 hit song by American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. An instrumental composed by the group and arranged by Gary Paxton, it spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 38.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180518100248/https://www.billboard.com/music/paul-revere-the-raiders/chart-history/hot-100/song/580563 Hot 100 - Paul Revere and the Raiders Like, Long Hair Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved February 10, 2018. In Canada it reached number 24.{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/61-05-22-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - May 22, 1961}}

A piano-based twelve bar blues with a "twist" beat and an electric guitar break, it opens and closes with crashing concerto-like chords, the "long hair" of the title; "Like" was a beatnik-era particle with no particular meaning.

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Category:1961 songs

Category:1961 singles

Category:Paul Revere & the Raiders songs

Category:Rock instrumentals

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