Hair (Hair song)

The musical’s title song begins as character Claude slowly croons his reason for his long hair, as tribe-mate Berger joins in singing they "don't know." They lead the tribe, singing "Give me a head with hair," "as long as God can grow it," The song shows the Tribe's enthusiasm and pride for their hair as well as comparing Claude to a Jesus figure. ==The Cowsills version==

The song was a major hit for the Cowsills in 1969 and tied with "The Rain, the Park & Other Things" as their most successful single. The Cowsills' version cuts out most of the religion-themed lyrics, changing "long as God can grow it" to "long as I can grow it" and removing some verses. Their version spent two weeks at number one on the Cash Box Top 100 and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. "Hair" was kept out of the number-one spot by another song from the Hair cast album: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension. It also reached number one on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart. Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Other versions==

"Hair" was also covered in Australia in 1969 and released as a single by Doug Parkinson in Focus (B-side with "Without You") and was a top ten hit for him there that year. A version by Dutch rock band Zen reached the top of the Dutch Top 40 in January 1969. A cover was released as a B-side by girl group Gilded Cage in 1969. ==References==