Zoot Suit/I'm the Face

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{{Infobox song

| name = Zoot Suit

| cover = High numbers side a zoot suit.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the High Numbers

| album =

| B-side = "I'm the Face"

| released = {{Start date|1964|07|03|df=y}}

| recorded = June 1964

| studio = Fontana, London, England

| venue =

| genre = Mod

| length = {{Duration|m=1|s=59}}

| label = Fontana

| writer = Peter Meaden

| producer = Chris Parmeinter
Peter Meaden

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = I Can't Explain

| next_year = 1964

}}

"Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm the Face" was the first single of the British rock band the Who, who recorded it under the name the High Numbers in an attempt to appeal to a mod audience.,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcdRcQMWEVQC&pg=PA31|page=31|title=The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963-1998|author=John Atkins|publisher=McFarland|date=2000|isbn=9780786406098}} as both songs embraced mod culture – a zoot suit being a fashionable item of clothing for mods, and a "Face" being mod slang for a well-respected member of mod society.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQdQDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|page=53|title=The Who and Philosophy|author= Rocco J. Gennaro|publisher=Lexington Books|date= 23 June 2016|isbn=9781498514484}}

"Zoot Suit" was written by Peter Meaden, the band's first manager. The song is a direct copy of "Misery" by the American R&B group the Dynamics, while the B-side, "I'm the Face", is a copy of Slim Harpo's "I Got Love If You Want It."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WLdCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA24|page=24|title=The Who: Fifty Years of My Generation|author=Mat Snow|publisher=Race Point Publishing|date= 2 November 2015 |isbn=9781631061615}} The single was meant for a mod audience, but failed to chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=124&discography_tag=singles |title=The Who Official Band Website – Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon | | Zoot Suit |publisher=Thewho.com |date=1964-07-03 |access-date=2011-06-09}} The band changed their name back to The Who, found new management, and released their own composition "I Can't Explain", which became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom.