"Time of the Season" is a song by The Zombies, featured on the 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. The song was written by keyboard player Rod Argent and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in August 1967. Several other songs from Odessey and Oracle were released as singles prior to "Time of the Season." Columbia Records supported the album and its singles at the urging of new A&R Rep, Al Kooper. One of the singles Kooper pushed for was the quite-uncommercial sounding "Butcher's Tale," which he and Columbia thought might catch on as an anti-war statement, at the time a popular trend. "Time of the Season" was only released at Kooper's urging, after previous singles flopped, and made its breakthrough in 1969, over a year after the band split up.
The song's characteristics include the unique voice of lead singer Colin Blunstone, the memorable bass riff, and Rod Argent's fast-paced psychedelic improvisation. The lyrics are an archetypical depiction of the emotions surrounding the Summer of Love. It is famous for its call-and-response verses "What's your name? (What's your name?)/Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?)/(He rich?) Is he rich like me?". It's riffs also are familiar to Ben E. King's hit single "Stand by Me".
The song is the source of the widespread provocative use of the phrase "Who's your daddy?", as popularized in the late 1980s and early '90s by syndicated radio shock jock "The Greaseman".
2007-09-12 05:44:26
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answered by Peepaw 7
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The Zombies are the original band.
Lyrics: http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thebigchill/timeoftheseason.htm
Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-GozEM8k24
Blake Lewis, The Dave Matthews Band, Tanya Donelly, Kurt Elling with Cassandra Wilson, Necro, Sage Francis, The Twilight Singers, Donnie Barren, Snow Den, and Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades are artists who have covered the song.
2007-09-12 09:07:44
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answered by Banana Hero [sic] 7
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Zombies
2007-09-12 05:29:24
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answered by Sophie B 7
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The Zombies had that hit out. (It's spelled "Season")
2007-09-12 06:34:41
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answered by Shortstuff13 7
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the zombies
2007-09-12 05:26:42
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answered by Diana D 3
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