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You're Gonna Miss Me

YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME
 
 
"You're Gonna Miss Me"  is a song by the American psychedelic rock band the 13th Floor Elevators, written by Roky Erickson, and released as the group's debut single on Contact Records, on January 17, 1966.  It was reissued nationally on International Artists, in May 1966.  Musically inspired by traditional jug band and R&B music, combined with the group's own experimentation, "You're Gonna Miss Me", along with its Stacy Sutherland and Tommy Hall-penned B-side, "Tried to Hide", was influential in developing psychedelic rock and garage rock, and was one of the earliest rock compositions to utilize the electric jug.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Another is the debut single by the 13th Floor Elevators called "You're Gonna Miss Me".  The song was released on January 17, 1966 (though its national release was not until May 1966) and climbed as high as #55 on the Billboard Hot 100.  One of the bandmembers, Tommy Hall (who played an instrument called an electric jug) is credited with coining the term "psychedelic rock", although other rock bands were already referring to themselves as "psychedelic", such as the Holy Modal Rounders and the Deep.   

 

"I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" by the Electric Prunes was brought to a larger audience when it became the opening track on the classic 1972 compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968.  The early psychedelic rock track "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators that I mentioned earlier is also on that album. 

 

(July 2015)

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