Pushin' Too Hard

Sky Saxon wrote "Pushin' Too Hard" while sitting in the front seat of a car waiting for his girlfriend to finish grocery shopping at a supermarket. The song contains two chords which alternate throughout, as well as instrumental breaks featuring an electric piano solo—played by Daryl Hooper—and a guitar solo played by Jan Savage. Saxon produced the song while Harvey Sharpe provided bass. The song only required two takes to be completed, with the master being compiled from an edit of the second. ==Release==

The Seeds released "You're Pushing Too Hard" as a single in November 1965. and so did rival station WCFL, where the record reached number two on the Sound Ten Survey on 9 February 1967. ==Legacy==

Critical reception {{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=#FFFFF0 |salign=center|quote=You're always hoping 'maybe this is a good one.' When Sky actually wrote the lyric to that song it was about a girlfriend he was having trouble with. He initially called us 'flower rock music' 'cause the words are kind of flowery, and...the girls used to toss flowers at us on stage. So it became 'flower power'.|source=–Daryl Hooper, the Seeds keyboardist, on fans' reaction to "Pushin' Too Hard" The song is featured on the soundtracks to the films Air America (1990), The song featured in a 2012 Nike commercial titled "Game On, World" which pays homage to classic video games. Brazilian Jovem Guarda singer Wanderléa recorded, in 1967, a version of the song, called Vou lhe Contar, with Portuguese lyrics written by Rossini Pinto. Experimental rock group Pere Ubu included a live version of the song on their 1996 box set Datapanik in Year Zero. {{cite web A version by American rock band The Makers appears on the band's 1997 compilation album Shout On!/Hip-Notic. {{cite web Garage rockers The Embarrassment released their rendition of the song on their 2001 album Blister Pop. {{cite web The Bangles performed "Pushin' Too Hard" for their 2007 live DVD Return to Bangleonia - Live in Concert. {{cite web A 1978 live version of the song by power pop group The Rubinoos appears on their 2007 compilation album Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Rubinoos. {{cite web Sky Saxon re-recorded the song on his 2008 album The King of Garage Rock. {{cite web The Residents parodied the song on their Third Reich & Roll album. The Hitmen play the song on their compilation album "Dancin' Time '78-'79". ==Track listing==

;7" Vinyl (1965) ;7" Vinyl (1966) ==Personnel==

• Rick Andridge - drums • Darryl Hooper - keyboards • Jan Savage - guitars • Sky Saxon - lead vocals • Harvey Sharpe - bass guitar ==Chart performance==