Released March 1967 Writer(s) English / Weiss | Format 7" single | |
"Hi Ho Silver Lining" is a rock song, written by American songwriters Scott English and Larry Weiss and first released as a single in March 1967 by The Attack, followed a few days later by Jeff Beck. Because the Beck version charted first, the song is most often associated with him.
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Jeff Beck version
The song was not included on the album Truth when first released in 1968 (but is a bonus track on the 2006 reissue). Beck performed "Hi Ho Silver Lining" live on the charity benefit show, the ARMS Charity Concert for Multiple Sclerosis, featuring an all-star jam with Steve Winwood and Simon Phillips in 1983. The song was resurrected for the "Together and Apart" Japanese and US tours with Eric Clapton in 2009 and 2010. According to Kate Mossman, writing in The New Statesman, Beck "has likened 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' to having a pink toilet seat hung around your neck for the rest of your life."
Formats and track listings
1967 7" single (UK/Holland: Columbia DB 8151, New Zealand: Columbia DNZ 10497, Portugal: Columbia 8E 006-93925)
Personnel
In sport
The song is quite often sung by various sports fans, originally and most famously by football supporters of Wolverhampton Wanderers and also supporters of Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Bristol Rovers. Ice hockey fans of Milton Keynes Lightning also perform it. It is also played before and after the home matches of rugby league team Leigh Centurions.
It is the walk on song for 2015 Premier League Darts participant, Kim Huybrechts
The song is also played by west London club Queens Park Rangers mainly after victories at their home, Loftus Road Stadium. It is played in memory of Supporters Club secretary Daphne Biggs, who worked at the club for over 50 years and died in August 2002, as it is said that it was her favourite song.