Live (The Merry-Go-Round song) explained

Live
Type:	single
Artist:	The Merry-Go-Round
Album:	The Merry-Go-Round
B-Side:	Time Will Show the Wiser
Released:	1967
Genre:	Baroque pop
Length:	2:33
Label:	A&M Records
Next Title:	You're a Very Lovely Woman
Next Year:	1967

"Live" is a song by the American rock band The Merry-Go-Round, written by band member Emitt Rhodes for their only album, The Merry-Go-Round (1967).^[1]

Release

"Live" was the Merry-Go-Round's highest charting single, and peaked at #63 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1967.^[2] The song was recorded by The Bangles for their debut album All Over the Place in 1984.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Bruce Pollock Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs 2014 p219 LIVE Artist: Merry-Go-Round Written by: Emitt Rhodes From the album: The Merry-Go-Round Label: A&M Produced by: Larry Marks Year: 1967 The original folkie sound of the paisley underground. Covered by the ..."
2. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Top Pop Singles 1955-2018 . 2019 . Record Research Inc. . 978-0-89820-233-5 . 614.
3. John M. Borack Shake Some Action - The Ultimate Guide To Power Pop 2007 -- Page 10 "There was also Emitt Rhodes, former leader of The Merry-Go-Round, a mid- '60s light pop band from L.A. who'd enjoyed a regional hit with "Live" (a song later covered by The Bangles)."
4. Colin Larkin The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1995- Page 2798 " Merry-Go-Round Formed in Hawthorne, California, USA, in 1966, the Merry-Go-Round were bit players in the Los Angeles ... of the group's issued and unissued recordings in 1985, and the Bangles recorded their 'Live' for their debut album."
5. [Spin (magazine)]