My Size

1971 single by John Entwistle

"My Size"

Single by John Entwistle
from the album  Smash Your Head Against the Wall
A-side| "My Size"
B-side| "I Believe in Everything"
Released| May 1971
Recorded| Trident Studios, London, England, during November 1970 and January 1971
Genre| Hard rock
Length| 3:43
Label| Track
Songwriter(s)| John Entwistle
Producer(s)| John Entwistle
John Entwistle singles chronology
| "I Believe in Everything"
(1971)  | "My Size"
(1971)  | "I Wonder"
(1972)

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"My Size" is a song by John Entwistle. The song is the first track on his debut solo album Smash Your Head Against the Wall and ends with the main riff from one of Entwistle's popular compositions, "Boris the Spider". "My Size" was released as a promotional single in 1971.

When Entwistle was asked about the song, he said simply: "'My Size,' was just written in the studio, we wrote the chord progressions and then I went home and composed the tune and the words."[1] In another interview Entwistle called "My Size" a sequel to his 1966 hit with The Who, "Boris the Spider". He said, "I wrote it as a sequel to 'Boris the Spider' for our manager. Our manager wanted me to put 'Boris the Spider' on my album. So I wrote 'My Size' and I wrote it in a sort of code so it sounds as if it were being sung about a woman. Then I stuck the ending on it as a clue. It wasn't a very good clue, I suppose."

Entwistle later said: "A lot of people thought that 'My Size' from 'Smash Your Head' was actually the new Who single."[2]

The 'My Size' versions on the Sundazed and Repertoire re-releases are completely different. Both of the LPs match the Sundazed version.[3]

When the BBC were reviewing the album So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology they said that the sound sounded like a Black Sabbath song, namely "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath".[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-11-09.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. ^ John Entwistle - Smash Your Head Against the Wall - 1997
3. ^ "John Entwistle - Smash Your Head Against the Wall".
4. ^ "BBC - Music - Review of John Entwistle - So Who's the Bass Player?".

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John Entwistle

Studio albums|

* Smash Your Head Against the Wall
* Whistle Rymes
* Rigor Mortis Sets In
* Mad Dog
* Too Late the Hero
* The Rock
* Music from Van-Pires

Live albums|

* King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert
* Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1
* Left for Live

Compilations|

* Thunderfingers: The Best of John Entwistle
* So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology

Collaborations|

* One of the Boys
* Fabulous Poodles
* Rough Mix
* McVicar
* Un autre monde
* You'll Never Walk Alone
* The Iron Man
* When You're a Boy
* A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who
* Baptizm of Fire
* The Deep End, Volume 1

Songs|

* "I Believe in Everything"
* "My Size"
* "Do the Dangle"
* "Talk Dirty"
* "Too Late the Hero"
* "The Ox"
* "Boris the Spider"
* "Whiskey Man"
* "In the City"
* "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
* "Heaven and Hell
* "Fiddle About"
* "My Wife"
* "Success Story"
* "Had Enough"
* "Trick of the Light"
* "905"
* "The Quiet One"
* "You"
* "It's Your Turn"
* "Dangerous"
* "One at a Time"
* "Twist and Shout"
* "The Real Me"

Related articles|

* The Who
* Quarwood
* Edge of the World

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