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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