The Hollies-Pay You Back with Interest 1967

[Richardhedditch261]

I think " Pay You Back With Interest' is " Charles, Hicks, Nash " composition. No Allan Clarke in the songwriting credits. I dunno the story behind this track. But let me guess. Let me speculate. Ray Charles decided in mid-60s to check out this British invasion. The Hollies are touring in the U.S - nearby and accessible. They'll do - for starters. The Hollies and Ray Charles exchange musical notes and ideas, and the concept for a track comes togethe in the recording studio. Err - that's it.

[sprucetree49]

This is a brilliant song and a brilliant arrangement. The video is wonderful too. The alternatiing 3/4 and 4/4 time is really a stroke of genius. The Beatles could be proud to have come up with this one.

[Ramusiewicz]

Man, I'm 59 & began listening to Rock in '56, Elvis, etc. at the age of FOUR ! STILL listening to GOOD new Bands today. I thank God I was born when I was. Actually LIVING thru the evolution of Rock 'n' Roll. Saw The Beatles, Stones, Humble Pie, Faces, Zeppelin, 10 Years After, (Even Elvis!), etc, etc. Although I wasn't lucky enough to SEE The Hollies, their Music is STILL regularly played by me in my home & car. One of THE BEST Bands, EVER !!!

[WickedTornado]

I was in 6th grade when this came out. With it, were all kinds of badass tunes...one right after another...that we were treated to on the radio by dj's that actually played great stuff. There was sooo much great music being borne and played in the 60's. Yeah, the Hollies were badass too. Well, look at who their lineup was...Grahm Nash, etc.

[galeeka]

What is that beautiful models name in the video ?

[hibernianish]

hearing this, I'm ready to put on my English Leather cologne! that is if I could find some!

[vinkleman]

@hibernianish I've got a bottle. It sits right next to the Hai Karate.

[heymaryann1]

I've always noticed the bells and cymbals but Bobby's drumming is phenomenal in this song, too.

[mrianmark]

I photographed the Hollies in 77. To see the shots go to 70srockphotos (.com)

[hibernianish]

Back in the  day 1967 High School Jacket...White Levis..Penny Loafers Chest nut Brown Hair 26 inch and all the optimisum in the world..I remember hearing this on a Wurlitzer Juke Box at a neighborhood Bowling Alley! this is a classic song! Classic like a 67 GTO!

[Paladin1916]

Please provide the name of the model who poses in this video. She is a very lovely woman - very unique, striking in her appearance.

[philhh65]

@Paladin1916 That was a very nice way to say "Smoking Hot". I wish more people had manners.

[OktoberLoon]

And yet no mention of the lovely muse.......A question my Lord will answer when we meet..... :) Not smiled like that in a while.

[vinkleman]

The bells! Ah, the bells.

[jasonwheel]

those bells. the glorious sound of England....

[fingersmalone7]

Good song thanks

[MrSky57]

elton is great on the keyboards could listen to them forever think about it this song over 30 yrs and still could be played on any rock station thanks yt for this opp. to watch and listen to truly great music its kind of sad the crap they try and push of as music today along with no talent groups

[lewars1912]

Effective chord sequence in the verse: G F Am C

[zkxv]

@lewars1912 I agree. Also, the verses are in 3/4 time, then switch to 4/4 in the chorus. Clever lads !

[thiobunny]

But my traveling is never over. I love this song!

[fabiobeatle]

ILOVE YOU MUSIC!♥

[jasonwheel]

he'll pay her back for that silicon job.

[7klicksout]

Man is this babe hot!!! I'am so there -Yeah Baby.... Catch that one and paint it pink and blue!!!!

[nigeljudice]

It almost sounds like, "I'll pay you back with entrails."

[madshadows830]

My favorite Hollies song.

[jasonwheel]

the most beautiful one by the Hollies. i wish i could play piano just to do this one myself.

[boners2nite]

@jasonwheel Spot  on............

[MrVampiredog]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

[philhh65]

Great song but the smoking hot girl in the pictures is rather distracting. LOL

[thanksforthemusic]

Who was the producer on these Hollies songs? Whoever it was did a great job.

[aimeemannfan2010]

Great harmonies. Awesome song! Thanks for posting.

[MrJgossey2002]

Great song! Didnt surprise me that they stayed great even after Graham left. No insult to GN. I think it made top ten in 1967. Yes i quit acknowleging music after 1984,also rap is crap,how it gets grammys is beyond my comprehension!

[1qaz2wsx3edc5753]

Great tune! Loved it the first time I heard in 1967.

[MrJgossey2002]

@1qaz2wsx3edc5753 hi this is a very underrated band,their music stands the test of time!

[cars8709]

You never hear this great song anymore - this is one of their most unique and great songs!!!  Thanks for having it here.

[burito97]

One of the most unsung groups in rock

[HistoryofTek]

hey neat video......

[irishpogi]

I could never get enough of the Hollies' music!

[jbyesterday]

I remember when I first heard this song (in real time) I thought it had a great melody & a really cool catch-phrase. In these tough economic times, payback with interest looms large & will still get anyone's attention. Seriously though, it's a great song. I love the way it uses a 1-4-5 only once on the first pair of "Pay you back with Interest" vocal,then switches to 1-2-5 for the rest of the song. The bridge is vintage Hollies(harmony) & is completely captivating. Great,great band !!

[JustAFocus]

As a keyboard player, I sooo *love* that piano sound.

[needles8]

The Hollies never sang a bad song, but I hadn't heard this gem in years. Thanks.

[needles8]

The Hollies never sang a bad song, but I hadn't heard this gem in years. Thanks.

[GOTTERDAMMERUNGSR]

I am so glad to have been blessed to have lived through the '60s-thanks for posting it's one of the songs I had in my head for years and finally here it is!

[flibideegibbit]

ok, who's the blankity blank who voted thumbs down?? dumbass.

[dylanbeau100]

One of my favorites from the Hollies and one of my favorite songs all-time--takes me right back to the summer of '67. Just an all-time feel good song heaped with memories. Turn up your radio!

[mackb909]

Quavery piano (very trippy!), Clarke/Hicks/Nash vocal harmonies, orchestral bells, Bobby Elliott's drums/cymbals outro, haunting lyrics about being on the road and missing your love back home, what a great song!

[Khultan]

@mackb909 Yeah, I agree about the piano sound and all.

[nomiclas]

very nice vid.the song has been set to a great interpration.the best part is the spectacular lady.good art interpretation,i like the train track in B/W.

[vinkleman]

"How cold is my room, without your love beside me?" It's freezin baby.

[vinkleman]

I was listening to this for about the 40th time, when I realized something about the duality of YouTube. On one hand we've got creeps, slackers, scam artists,unfunny assholes, dummies, basement dwellers, and low-self-esteemers. On the other, we've got people like garageband66, who only wants to make us happy. In my case, your work is done. Thanks.

[MadlukeLCM]

2:17

Sexy!

[aimeemannfan2010]

Omg! The woman in the video is beautiful!!!

[aimeemannfan2010]

Listening to this song takes me back to a hot summer day just being a kid. Why is it when we are young we wish to be older. Then, when we are older we wish to be younger. Awesome song. Haven't heard it in 30 years, Thanks for posting.

[rockman12550]

This is where CSN came from

[GOTTERDAMMERUNGSR]

songs like this take you back to a special time-thanks

[bikebeerrun1960]

Great song,great vid,great storytelling-well done!

[pcdriver]

A great song. I've been listening for it for years on the oldies stations and never hear it. An overlooked gem.

[DarkAngelGirl7]

sweet!

[pilesovinyl]

I LOVE this song, really nice looking gal in the video. This song wasn`t a big hit but I loved the tempo changes and tight vocal harmonies. How many songs do you hear with tubular bells and a cymbal ending...brilliant.

[Petsounz]

Love it!!

[DrummerBob666]

80's metal is the best

[fntime]

For you!

[bsbob52]

One of the greatest piano intros, nice video !

[blackhawk10972]

The Hollies are one of a kind. Im glad I have their greatist hits cd.

[garageband66]

Yes they are.

[Super4417]

These words will be on my headstone. My favorite song of all time

[trinzeon]

Allan Clarke's greatest vocals here in my opinion (though I also love him on Alan Parson's 'Breakdown')

[toddwindyhill]

When my travels were over, I paid her back with interest.......less than a year!!!!!

[garageband66]

Somehow I don't think we are talking about the same thing.

[toddwindyhill]

@garageband66: 1967-1971........merchant seaman......1971-present......­...we've been together.........get it??

[toddwindyhill]

@garageband66: In 1967+, I was a Merchant Marine sailor, trying to earn enough to pay my way through college.....BC.....no beach, cars, dates, ladies, etal.......all I could do is dream of same, send letters to the ladies, and save for school, etal........Succeeded on all counts......paid all expenses, and then some....Spring Breaks in Bermuda?

[canadaguy2112ca]

great song

[peterdchecksfield]

It certainly wasn't a UK hit, wasn't even released a single in the UK!  Great song though. : )

[pilesovinyl]

@peterdchecksfield Interestingly enough they didn`t even want to release it here as a single either but it is my favorite song of theirs ever, something about the tempo changes is really hypnotic to me.

[pilesovinyl]

@peterdchecksfield Yeah, and the way I understand it they didn`t even like it or want it to be released here as a single either but I LOVE it and think it is one of their very finest. I love the tempo changes and the unique cymbal ending.

[flibideegibbit]

thx for posting this song. and who is the lovely lady?

[BMac7773]

Who is the girl in the video?

[hankyhoyo]

What a great song! I still have the 45 but didn't play it for so long! Great video and one of the Hollies best tunes!

[franklinrocks1]

No talent, studio produced ass clowns like the Jonas Bruthas and all the gay boy bands ought to be made to listen to REAL music like this.

[Valoissss]

Great song!!!

[shamanofsexy90]

allans vocals on this are great isnt elton john playing the piano on this aswell

[garageband66]

I have never heard that before. I'll check it out.

[steveinbelgium]

@shamanofsexy90

I've always thought that Graham Nash sang the lead on this one...

[cobbywebbo]

@shamanofsexy90 Elton played on quite a few of the Hollies tracks before he hit the big time.

[amriirma]

yes, a very good one!!

(I had all there first albums on tape -from a penpall in england- Peter, I was 16 or 17at the time, but they all got lost...)

[centralparocker]

One of their best, baby!!!!....such a shame you don't hear it on most oldies stations....

[45bandito]

who's the girl at 1:12?

[franklinrocks1]

One of the 60s top harmoney bads- Alan Clarke, Tony Hickls, Bobby Elliott, Graham Nash for a while - what a tremendous sound, a sound not replicated since.

[aershamus]

Great Post!

[Deadheadradiooo]

love these guys

[veraluciasc]

Linda a voz de Allan Clarke, obrigada por postar o vídeo

[evilofisalm]

The beautiful voice of Allan Clarke, thanks for posting the video

[veraluciasc]

Thanks for translating my comment

[andywarhaul12]

great song

[63sexybunny]

Yes I've not heard this song in a long time LOVE IT . Hollies rock !!!!!

[garageband66]

Yes they do.

[OgPsQd]

Great song!

[garageband66]

Thanks for viewing and spread the word.

[EJGGEV]

Pure exhilaration and greatness. Forget about today's music. Long live the great Hollies!!

[andyinoregon]

The tightest harmonies of any '60s band, including The Beach Boys.

[andywarhaul12]

the beatles man

[ottowes]

Love this one! Love that dolly bird even more...

[garageband66]

I hear that a lot.

[LesSmith45]

best song they sing. Great job on the video. Man I miss those days. although i was only 6 at the time. Still miss the great music.

[garageband66]

I do too.

[dave87gn]

great band, great song...another sad reminder of how awful music is today as opposed to when we used to see talent

[garageband66]

I'm glad you said that because I get tired of saying it; especially that American Idol crap. Glad to claim I have never watched a single nano-second of that junk.

[Flirri]

Yep, I'll take this sincerity over vocal acrobatics every time.

[garageband66]

Amen!

[comeondumbfock]

the cute girl is making me horny

[toddwindyhill]

My travels started when this was released....too much to do and no time for the ladies.....and I said to myself, "I'll pay you back with interest".....AND I THINK DID!!

[garageband66]

As long as somebody's happy.

[Belladonna013]

I am so happy to see this song here! Great video! I love it.

[garageband66]

Thanks for the nice comments.

[rbbgolfer]

what a great-if little know and played- song, with such a clean, powerful vocal! Imagine a band where Graham Nash often did NOT sing lead vocals-at least two great voices in this band!

[garageband66]

There is a lot of great stuff in their library. Imagine how much could have been accomplished had Graham stayed?

[katdowli]

There was still some great stuff produced after Graham left but don't get me wrong I still prefer the Nash era, in particular 1965-1968. Allans voice on this track is amazing as usual.

[garageband66]

Very much so, he has one of the more distinct sounds in the era, beautiful to be overdubbed and harmonized with.

[artlongjr]

I go way back, in Southern California where I lived in 1967, this song got lots of airplay.

After that it seemed to disappear without a trace and I never heard it again until I found it on a CD a couple years ago.

[garageband66]

It's funny how these songs came and went so quickly. I think a lot of it had to do with just how many labels, groups, and regional promoters kept the charts in flux all the time. It was rock and roll's heyday.

[kerschniggle]

Thanks so much for posting! Working on the computer today with Little Steven's Underground Garage blaring from Sirius Satellite Radio in the next room, a tune caught my attention. I thought to myself the vocals must be courtesy of Allan Clarke. And so it was on this long lost (to me) Hollies tune. Who is the girl in the montage and where does the pedestrian in fog image come from? Both are SMASHERS! Nice work.

[garageband66]

Thanks for the comments. First I have a flickr account that I share photos with and she was a friend of mine's subject and that's really all that I can tell you. The fog shot was taken in London actually in 2004 on a trip we took there.

[spacepatrolman]

little steven got started as guest dj on bill kellys program on wfmu you can get it off the internet

[garageband66]

When we had a satellite account through our direct tv, that was one of my fav programs. I miss it dearly.

[comicstadt]

the song is cool

[garageband66]

Thanks for the nice comments.

[hollies65]

Allan singing the verse, Graham the middle eight. Most underrated band ever.

[garageband66]

True, true.

[mwolf49]

I graduated from HS in '67 and this song was one of my favs from that year. A brilliant song that showcased the harmonies and vocal stylings they did best. The lead here sounds more like Graham Nash than Allan Clarke . .is it? I'm wondering if any live footage of this song is around. It seems like a 100 years ago. . but it was the best musical era of the century. I miss it. These guys were far too underrated.

[garageband66]

I think it's Allan but it would not surprise me if the two traded leads like a lot of groups did. I can usually tell Graham, he has a distinct voice.

[mackemc57]

Very nice! This was only released in the UK as a track on their much underrated late 1966 LP "For certain because"

[garageband66]

Thanks for the view!

The Hollies did other lp's after that through Confessions of the Mind that did not produce any noteworthy singles here in the US until He Aint Heavy and Long Cool Woman but I liked all of the albums for their innovative arrangements and the chances that a pop band like The Hollies took in their attempt to not be too commercial. It's sad Graham left in 67 but if those works had been better received, Nash may have stayed.

[sapphiretaurus]

This was due, in part, to their American record label at the time, Imperial, not promoting them enough. Even when they switched over to Epic in the late sixties, the sad trend of underselling continued. Imperial even sat on material for their first U.S. album for one year before relasing it (in 1965), but by then, the music on that album - covers of American r&B numbers from the fifties and early '60s Beat Boom music - seemed dated for the time.

[garageband66]

They were not the only victims of that type of mis-management. The Beatles even had their issues with Vee-Jay records before they switched to Capitol records for US distribution.

[sapphiretaurus]

At least it worked out for the Beatles in the end. Even after switching from Imperial to Epic, the Hollies were still given a runaround. They were also at Imperial a few years too long, as opposed to the few months the Beatles spent with Vee Jay. Capitol also wasn't interested in the Beatles at first, until after their first U.S. tour when they got so much attention.

[garageband66]

Yes very true! I have also heard recently that a few of the original members of the Hollies have had a few health issues lately. I hope all is well with them.

[sapphiretaurus]

I hope so, too! Who did you hear was sick?

[garageband66]

I had heard Terry Sylvester and Allan Clarke had been in poor health on a Yahoo UK site or news clip a few weeks ago. I have not heard anything else about it since.

[steve355]

One of the Hollies best, unfortunately under the radar screen all these years....

[garageband66]

Very true!

[spacepatrolman]

murry the k used to play this on worfm in ny he called it attitude music.

[garageband66]

It is attitude all right. Right up there with "It's My Life" by the Animals.