I Can Hear the Grass Grow

"I Can Hear the Grass Grow " is the second single by the Move, written by Roy Wood and produced by Denny Cordell. The song was recorded on the 5th of January, 1967 in Advision Studios (based in London), was first released on the 31st of March (on Deram Records and with the B-side "Wave the Flag and Stop the Train"), and became a huge hit, making it to number 5 on the UK Singles Chart on the 10th of May, staying there for a total of ten weeks.

"I Can Hear the Grass Grow" was the second of a string of four consecutive top-5 singles from the band in the United Kingdom, from 1966 to 1968. The song would later become one of the group's signature tunes, and was covered by acts such as the Blues Magoos (in 1968), Status Quo (in 1996), and The Fall (in 2005). It would later appear on the 2007 reissue of the group's debut, self-titled studio album, Move.