My White Bicycle

"My White Bicycle" is Tomorrow's debut single.[2] According to Tomorrow drummer John 'Twink' Alder, the song was inspired by the Dutch Provos, an anarchist group in Amsterdam which instituted a bicycle-sharing system: "They had white bicycles in Amsterdam and they used to leave them around the town. And if you were going somewhere and you needed to use a bike, you'd just take the bike and you'd go somewhere and just leave it. Whoever needed the bikes would take them and leave them when they were done."[3]

"My White Bicycle"
Single by Tomorrow
from the album Tomorrow
B-side	"Claramount Lake"
Released	May 1967
Genre	Psychedelic rock[1]
Length	3:17
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Keith Hopkins, Ken Burgess
Producer(s)	Mark Wirtz
Tomorrow singles chronology
"My White Bicycle" (1967) "Revolution" (1967)

The Scottish rock band Nazareth did a cover version, which reached No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart in 1975, staying for eight weeks.[4] Actor Nigel Planer, as his character Neil the Hippy from TV-series The Young Ones, reached No. 97 with his cover in 1984.[5]

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic wrote that the song was one of the first to prominently feature backward guitar phasing.[6]

References

1. DeRogatis, Jim (1 January 2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 4. ISBN 0634055488.
2. "Tomorrow (2) - My White Bicycle". Discogs. Retrieved 28 August 2018. Tomorrow only issued two singles under that name. "My White Bicycle" in May 1967, and "Revolution" released in September that same year
3. Alder, John C. "Tomorrow". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
4. "NAZARETH | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
5. "NEIL - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
6. https://www.allmusic.com/album/tomorrow-mw0000247533