"Have You Seen Her Face" | ||||
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1967 U.S. picture sleeve.
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Single by The Byrds | ||||
from the album Younger Than Yesterday | ||||
B-side | "Don't Make Waves" | |||
Released | May 22, 1967 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | November 28 – November 30, December 1, 1966, Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Folk rock,power pop | |||
Length | 2:25 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Chris Hillman | |||
Producer(s) | Gary Usher | |||
The Byrds singles chronology | ||||
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"Have You Seen Her Face" is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by the group's bass player Chris Hillman and included on their 1967 album, Younger Than Yesterday. The song was released as the third single to be taken from that album on May 22, 1967 and reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although "Have You Seen Her Face" was issued as a single in most international markets, it was not released in the United Kingdom.
The song was written following a recording session for trumpet player Hugh Masekela that Hillman had attended during 1966, a year that saw the bassist blossoming as a songwriter. On The Byrds' previous album, Fifth Dimension, Hillman's only songwriting contribution had been a shared writing credit for the instrumental "Captain Soul". On Younger Than Yesterday, however, he is credited as the sole songwriter of four tracks, as well as the co-writer of "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" with Jim McGuinn.
"Have You Seen Her Face" has a strident structure and melody, greatly influenced by the British Invasion groups of the mid-1960s and complemented by Hillman's melodic, Paul McCartney-esque bass playing. The song also features a faux country and western lead guitar solo played by McGuinn on rhythm guitarist David Crosby's Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar.