| "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" | ||||
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 Belgian release single sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Move | ||||
| B-side | "Wave the Flag and Stop the Train" | |||
| Released | 31 March 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 5 January 1967[1] | |||
| Studio | Advision, London[2] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Deram | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roy Wood | |||
| Producer(s) | Denny Cordell[2] | |||
| The Move singles chronology | ||||
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"I Can Hear the Grass Grow " is the second single by the Move, written by Roy Wood.[5] The song was first released on 31 March 1967, and reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart on 10 May 1967, staying for ten weeks in the charts.[6] "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" was the second of a string of four consecutive top-5 singles in the UK.[7] It was the first record to be played by Tony Blackburn on Britain's new BBC Radio station - Radio One.
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