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  • No Hi-hat?

  • Great, great song, great band, from when music mattered.....;;

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  • So sad when he left us. Great voice, great band.

  • i heard this song on the radio,so i had to have a look & now i can't get enough of it,this is what you call music.absolutely beautiful.

  • I wish I had known of this band in the 60`s but lots going on then, they would have been great favorites of mine and would loved to have spoke with Alex about music..anything really yes he truly did have a unique voice.R.I.P.

  • Alex was one cool dude, r.i.p. brother

  • This bloke has a truly great rock voice,not a bad sound for an 18 year old.He is so well "fine" Like him a lot.Great song and love the way he moves while he is singing.Cool bloke.

  • A clip that would fit right in with VH1 Classic's lineup of classic clips from the 60's, 70's and 80's

  • Evey time I watch this, I fall more in love with Alex. What a loss his passing is to the world. Rest in peace, sweet prince.

  • I love the chorus at 1:12 - 1:32: beautiful chord sequences.

    Great song.

  • Love Alex Chilton and the Box Tops. Alex has a killer voice and when he starts dancing, well, oh baby! Love, love, love this song and video!!!

  • @bs92349 I totaslly agree with all that you said,love the way he moves,just well,,,,,"fine" what a handsome fella.

  • Weren't they so cute? I love this song!

  • I really love this song.

  • Is Alex on something in this video? if you watch "cry like a baby" video, you'd say the difference and why I asked

  • wayne carson wrote this,, ray

  • I heard this song on XM radio for the first time the other day. It had quickly become a favorite of mine. I'm 44 and am surprised by some of the songs that I have never heard of. I thought I was a LOVER of classic rock but some must have slipped by me growing up.

  • Heart attack...March 2010

  • Is Alex deceased now? If so what did he die from?

  • Great singer! Great song!

  • Wayne Carson wrote this tune

  • so what if its not live a great song amazing voice rip alec you left us far too early

  • great lyrics so simple

  • Really well crafted song, well thought out harmonies and keys, strong bridge and of course the lead vox give the song amazing character

  • colemann, it was really kind of his "fake voice." HIs real voice was the Big Star one.

  • Everything performed on TV shows like this were lipsynched. Their instruments aren't even plugged in

  • This was a #1 song in my native South Africa when I was just a toddler.

  • Hey, I am not trying to spew venom, here. I love the song and enjoy seeing the video!

  • Well....do you really think over 40 years ago they had the technology to sound EXACTLY like the record? I have never hear anyone do it. This is one of my favorite songs-it sounds just like the record. Don't get me wrong-I love seeing the video. Totally live it isn't. It is excellent to see the footage, however they did it. Don't getcher nickers in a bunch!

  • EXCELLENT lip syncing! But, it is one of my favorite songs.

  • I know alex is only 19 here, but why does he look so much older? I'm 32 and I feel that he looks eveen older than that!

  • When I was a teenager in the 90's, I preferred the oldies over the modern music. The station I listened to played this song as well as The Letter and Cry like a baby!. Didn't know who sang it though. fiddling around here, I came across this video. I had pretty much forgotten about the song, its how alex sings at the beginning "Honey I don't know much" that made my memories come back!! I was pleased to know its a box tops song! but now the oldies don't play this one. they play the other 2 alot!

  • Alex one cool dude R.I.P. bro

  • RIP Alex Chilton...a legend....

  • Alex looks really good in this video. :)

  • Who plays the organ?

  • @wissujp Rick Allen

  • anybody know who wrote this song?

  • @itsdandamage Dann Penn and Spooner Oldham

  • @itsdandamage

    Wayne Carson Thompson

  • OMG I always thought the Grass Roots sang this!!! Thank God for Satellite radio!!!

  • alex looking really hot!

  • @Fazolina I keep telling myself "He was 18 and legal, I'm not a pervert!"

  • @koldbludded hahaha yep, and the funnt thing is that he was much older than both of us in real time =)

  • So sad,all those gold records and not enough money for health insurance.Great voice,good person.The record execs. that screwed him out of the royalties he rightfully desvered should be the ones no longer with us.

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  • hey i remember the old tv show"UpBeat"

  • Alex Chilton was constantly held back by the record companies and still created beauty even though he was so young.

    Says alot about those MAKING the £$ eh?

  • Best ever: 1:47

  • Amazing !!!

  • ALEX was one cool dude...rip brother

  • cool bass... eb of?

  • Love This Share Erik - Thankyou ..Anita..:)

  • What a great song and I remember when it first came out in my sophomore year of high school. What a groovy time we had back then.

  • Oh my gosh, I wasn't even aware that Alex had died already :(

    How sad.

    He had such a great voice.

  • He's just a kid with the voice of a 30 year old...

  • I still have those clothes like Alex is wearing. I packed them away thinking that they'd look really funny 45 years later. Low rise bell bottom pants, 2 ring braided leather belt, muslim shirt. pretty funny. Cord jacket when it got cold. Song still sounds great.

  • @jukeboxjonnyv Send them to my husband, I need him to dress like that!

  • Loved it then & now!!!!

  • Great tune.Still sounds fresh and new. Great lyric and delivery. Great Love Song.

  • Has anybodies voice ever actually sounded deeper and older when they were younger? his voice sounds higher and younger later in Big Star, just how did he pull that off?

  • Only eighteen?  Crazy!

  • I remember this song..every song they recorded became a hit! Sad that Alex passed away...RIP...only 59 yrs. old..

  • Can't get enough of this song. It's on my favorite song CD in the car. Great to sing along while driving. RIP Alex

  • RIP Alex

  • Great voice, not bad to look at either ;)

  • Anyone know what show this clip is from?? I'm from Memphis and met Alex a couple of times ,he was very nice and loved to talk music.

  • @abbeyroad64 It's from the Cleveland show, Upbeat

  • Love this.

  • Thanks for posting - first heard it in Vietnam on Armed Forces Radio and never stopped loving it.

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