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For What It's Worth

August 29, 2023

This article is about the song by Buffalo Springfield. For other uses, see For What It's Worth (disambiguation).

"For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (often referred to as simply "For What It's Worth") is a song written by Stephen Stills. Performed by Buffalo Springfield, it was recorded on December 5, 1966, released as a single on Atco Records in December 1966 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967.[9]

"For What It's Worth"
Single by Buffalo Springfield
B-side"Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It?"
ReleasedDecember 1966 (1966-12)[a]
RecordedDecember 5, 1966
StudioColumbia (Hollywood)
Genre
Length2:37
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Stephen Stills
Producer(s)
  • Charles Greene
  • Brian Stone
Buffalo Springfield singles chronology
"Burned"
(1966) 		"For What It's Worth"
(1966) 		"Bluebird"
(1967)

It was later added to the March 1967 second pressing of their first album, Buffalo Springfield. The title was added after the song was written, and does not appear in the lyrics.[10]

In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at number 63 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[11]

Background Edit

Although "For What It's Worth" is often considered an anti-war song, Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go.[12] Local residents and businesses had become annoyed by how crowds of young people going to clubs and music venues along the Strip had caused late-night traffic congestion. In response, they lobbied Los Angeles County to pass local ordinances stopping loitering, and enforced a strict curfew on the Strip after 10 p.m. The young music fans, however, felt the new laws infringed upon their civil rights.[13]

On Saturday, November 12, 1966, fliers were distributed on the Sunset Strip inviting people to join demonstrations later that day. Several of Los Angeles's rock radio stations also announced a rally outside the Pandora's Box club on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. That evening, as many as 1,000 young demonstrators, including future celebrities such as Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (who was handcuffed by police) gathered to protest against the curfew's enforcement. Although the rallies began peacefully, trouble eventually broke out.[14] The unrest continued the next night, and periodically throughout the rest of November and December, forcing some clubs to shut down within weeks.[13] It was against the background of these civil disturbances that Stills recorded "For What It's Worth" on December 5, 1966.

Production Edit

Stills said in an interview that the name of the song came about when he presented it to the record company executive Ahmet Ertegun (who signed Buffalo Springfield to the Atlantic Records-owned ATCO label). Stills said "I have this song here, for what it's worth, if you want it."[10] Another producer, Charlie Greene, claims that Stills first said the above line to him, but credits Ahmet Ertegun with giving the single the parenthetical subtitle "Stop, Hey What's That Sound" in order that the song would be more easily recognized.[10][15]

The song was recorded on December 5, 1966, at Columbia Studios, Hollywood. Tom Dowd claimed he mixed the song at Atlantic's studio in New York, though this has been disputed.[16] Dowd did take part in the production of Cher's version of the song in 1969.[17] One of the most recognizable elements of the song is Neil Young's use of guitar harmonics.[10]

Releases and charts Edit

While memories of the November riots were still fresh, the group and Ertugen pushed for a rush-release of "For What It's Worth".[18] On December 10, 1966, five days after the song was recorded, local Top 40 radio station KHJ began playing the single.[18] It first appeared on the station's "Boss 30" chart on December 28, 1966, at number 26,[19] and was followed by rival KRLA on January 14, 1967, where the single entered its "Top 40 Requests" at number eight.[20] Also on January 14, Billboard magazine identified it as a "regional breakout"[21] and the single appeared on its Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.[22] Two weeks later, it debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number seven on March 25 and remained on the chart for a total of fifteen weeks.[23] Although the single did not reach the charts in the U.K.,[24] the British Phonographic Industry certified a 2004 release by Warner Music as Gold (sales of 100,000) in 2021.[25]

To capitalize on the single's success, Atco was pushing for a follow-up album that featured the song.[32] It began printing album jackets with the title Stampede, but the group did not have enough songs for a new LP.[33] Instead, Atco reissued their debut album and added Still's song as the opening track.[34] It eventually reached number 80 on Billboard's Top LPs chart.[23] As one of Buffalo Springfield's best-known songs, it is included on several of the group's anthologies, such as Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield (1969),[35] the Buffalo Springfield box set (2001),[36] and What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection (2018).[37]

Critical commentary and legacy Edit

Cash Box said the single is a "throbbing, infectious protester circling 'round the current happenings in Cal."[38]

"For What It's Worth" quickly became a well-known protest song.[39] However, contrary to popular belief, the song was not motivated by the Vietnam War, but rather a confrontation Stills had in Los Angeles' Sunset Strip neighborhood.[40] In 2006, when interviewed on Tom Kent's radio show Into the '70s, Stills pointed out that many people think the song is about the Kent State shootings of 1970, even though its release predates that event by over three years.[41] Neil Young—Stills's bandmate in both Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY)—would later write "Ohio" in response to the events at Kent State.[42]

An all-star version of "For What It's Worth", with Tom Petty and others, was played at Buffalo Springfield's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; Neil Young did not attend the event.[43]

The song is a staple of period piece films about 1960s America and the Vietnam War, such as Forrest Gump, and often used as a common shorthand to quickly establish the atmosphere of 1960s counterculture movement and protests.[44]

The song appears in the intro to the 2005 film Lord of War, showing the lifecycle of a bullet, from manufacture to firing.[citation needed]

On August 17, 2020, Billy Porter sang "For What It's Worth" for the 2020 Democratic National Convention backed by Stephen Stills on guitar, a nod to the song's resurgent use in the summer 2020 American protests.[45][46]

In 2000, the 1966 recording of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield on ATCO Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The HOF lists the ATCO date as 1967.[47]

Covers and sampling Edit

"For What It's Worth" has been covered, sampled, and referenced in numerous musical performances. Versions include those by the Staple Singers (US #66 in 1967)(CAN #46 in 1967),[48] Art (1967 single from Supernatural Fairy Tales), Ken Lyon & Tombstone,[49] Rush, Cher, the Candyskins, Oui 3 (UK #28),[50] Queensrÿche (on their album Take Cover), Miriam Makeba (on her album Keep Me in Mind), Ozzy Osbourne and (həd) p.e. (retitled Children). Cher's 1969 cover did not make the Billboard Hot 100; AllMusic retrospectively called her version "mature [and] forceful".[51]

Sergio Mendes and Brasil'66 recorded a version of this song. It reached #10 in the Adult Contemporary Music Chart on September 19, 1970.[52] Singer Karen Philipp suggested to Sergio that he should cover the song. Karen does all of the vocals for this song by overdubbing. Two versions of this song exist: The mono 45 has a more extreme overdubbing of Karen's vocals with a different organ solo than the LP.[53] The LP version is in stereo with a different vocal arrangement.[54]

David Cassidy recorded an extended live version for his 1974 album Cassidy Live! (Bell Records, UK #9; recorded live in Great Britain in May 1974).

On episode 2.21 of The Muppet Show, originally airing 19 February 1978, "For What It's Worth" is performed by an opossum (Jerry Nelson) and a chorus of woodland animals. The third verse is rewritten by an uncredited writer to give the song an anti-hunting theme.

The hip-hop group Public Enemy sampled "For What It's Worth" on their 1998 song "He Got Game", which featured Stephen Stills reprising his vocal performance from the original song.[55] Oui 3 adapted the song for their 1993 debut single of the same name, which reached number 26 in the UK chart.[56][57] In 2017, Haley Reinhart released a cover of the song as the third single from her third studio album, What's That Sound?[58] In 2018, the Lone Bellow released a cover of the song as a single.[59] In 2022 Stevie Nicks released a cover of it as well, not to be confused with her 2011 song of the same name.

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ "For What It's Worth" was rush-released as a single,[1] but most authors do not specify its release date beyond December 1966.[2][3][4] The single debuted on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart on January 14.[5]

References Edit

  1. ^ Browne, David (November 11, 2016). "'For What It's Worth': Inside Buffalo Springfield's Classic Protest Song". Rolling Stone. from the original on October 19, 2022.
  2. ^ Savage, Jon (2015). 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded. London: Faber & Faber. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-571-27762-9.
  3. ^ Janovitz, Bill (2013). Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones. New York City: St. Martin's Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-250-02632-3.
  4. ^ McKittrick, Christopher (2020). Somewhere You Feel Free: Tom Petty and Los Angeles. New York City: Post Hill Press. chap. 1. ISBN 978-1-64293-512-7.
  5. ^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. January 14, 1967. p. 24.
  6. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites". Richieunterberger.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  7. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "What is Country Rock?". ThoughtCo. About.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  8. ^ Jim DeRogatis (1996). Kaleidoscope Eyes: Psychedelic Rock from the '60s to the '90s. Carol Publishing Group. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8065-1788-9. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  9. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 25, 1967 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ a b c d David Browne (November 11, 2016). "'For What It's Worth': Inside Buffalo Springfield's Classic Protest Song". Rolling Stone.
  11. ^ . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  12. ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 34 – Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. [Part 2] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  13. ^ a b "Sunset Strip Riots | Closing of club ignited the 'Sunset Strip riots'". Los Angeles Times. August 5, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  14. ^ Meares, Hadley (March 7, 2019). "Rebellion and rock 'n' roll: The Sunset Strip in the '60s; How go-go dancing teens—and the underage clubs that embraced them—turned the Strip technicolor". Curbed Los Angeles. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  15. ^ Einarson, John; Furay, Richie (2004). For What It's Worth: The Story of Buffalo Springfield. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-8154-1281-6.
  16. ^ McDonough, Jimmy (2003). Shakey: Neil Young's Biography. New York City: Random House. p. 201. ISBN 9780679427728.
  17. ^ "Top 20 Pop Spotlight Cher - For What It's Worth". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 16, 1969.
  18. ^ a b Einarson & Furay 2004, p. 127.
  19. ^ "KHJ's "Boss 30" Records in Southern California". Boss 30 from 93 KHJ. December 28, 1966.
  20. ^ "Top 40 Requests". KRLA Beat. January 14, 1967. p. 8.
  21. ^ "Breakout Singles". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 2. January 14, 1967. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510.
  22. ^ "Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 2. January 14, 1967. p. 24. ISSN 0006-2510.
  23. ^ a b c "The Buffalo Springfield: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  24. ^ "Buffalo Springfield – Singles". Official Charts. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  25. ^ "BPI Certified Awards: Buffalo Springfield – "For What It's Worth"". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  26. ^ "RPM 100" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 7, no. 21. July 22, 1967.
  27. ^ "Top 100". Cash Box. Vol. 28, no. 37. April 1, 1967. p. 4. ISSN 0008-7289.
  28. ^ "100 Top Pops". Record World. Vol. 21, no. 1035. April 8, 1967. p. 21. ISSN 0034-1622.
  29. ^ "The RPM 100 Top Singles of 1967" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 8, no. 19. January 6, 1968.
  30. ^ "Hot 100-1967". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 52. December 30, 1967. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510.
  31. ^ "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1967". Cash Box. Vol. 29, no. 22. December 23, 1967. p. 16. ISSN 0008-7289.
  32. ^ Einarson & Furay 2004, pp. 167–168.
  33. ^ Einarson & Furay 2004, p. 176.
  34. ^ Einarson & Furay 2004, p. 167.
  35. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  36. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Buffalo Springfield [Box Set] – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  37. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Buffalo Springfield: What's That Sound? Complete Albums Collection – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  38. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 7, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  39. ^ Lustig, Jay (February 18, 2011). "Song of the Day: 'Rock 'n' Roll Woman,' Buffalo Springfield". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  40. ^ Hajek, Danny (February 20, 2019). "A Thousand People In The Street: 'For What It's Worth' Captured Youth In Revolt". NPR. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  41. ^ Stevenson, Tommy (October 20, 2010). . Tuscaloosa News. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  42. ^ Lynskey, Dorian (May 6, 2010). "Neil Young's Ohio – the greatest protest record". The Guardian. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  43. ^ "CSN, Jackson 5 Join Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". Rolling Stone. May 8, 1997. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  44. ^ Dowd, A.A. (October 21, 2016). "Ewan McGregor flattens American Pastoral into '60s cliché". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  45. ^ Aswad, Jem (August 17, 2020). "Stephen Stills Talks His DNC Performance With Billy Porter of 'For What It's Worth'". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  46. ^ Bowen, Bliss (June 18, 2020). "Artists give voice to crisis in the streets". Pasadena Weekly. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  47. ^ https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#f
  48. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 21, 1967" (PDF).
  49. ^ "KEN LYON & TOMBSTONE: For What It's Worth (1974)". YouTube.
  50. ^ UK Official Charts, 20 February 1993
  51. ^ Mark Deming. "3614 Jackson Highway - Cher | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  52. ^ "Adult Contemporary Chart". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  53. ^ "Sergio Mendes & Brasil'66 For What It's Worth (single 45 version) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  54. ^ "For What It's Worth - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  55. ^ Locker, Melissa (November 5, 2012). "'He Got Game' | Public Enemy at 25". Time. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  56. ^ "Oui 3". Blair Booth Music. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  57. ^ "Oui 3". Official Charts. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  58. ^ . PerezHilton. August 10, 2017. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  59. ^ For What It's Worth, October 2018, retrieved March 10, 2020

External links Edit

  • Reasontorock analysis of song

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This article is about the song by Buffalo Springfield For other uses see For What It s Worth disambiguation For What It s Worth Stop Hey What s That Sound often referred to as simply For What It s Worth is a song written by Stephen Stills Performed by Buffalo Springfield it was recorded on December 5 1966 released as a single on Atco Records in December 1966 and peaked at No 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967 9 For What It s Worth Single by Buffalo SpringfieldB side Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It ReleasedDecember 1966 1966 12 a RecordedDecember 5 1966StudioColumbia Hollywood GenreFolk rock 6 country rock 7 psychedelic rock 8 Length2 37LabelAtcoSongwriter s Stephen StillsProducer s Charles Greene Brian StoneBuffalo Springfield singles chronology Burned 1966 For What It s Worth 1966 Bluebird 1967 It was later added to the March 1967 second pressing of their first album Buffalo Springfield The title was added after the song was written and does not appear in the lyrics 10 In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at number 63 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 11 Contents 1 Background 2 Production 3 Releases and charts 4 Critical commentary and legacy 5 Covers and sampling 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksBackground EditAlthough For What It s Worth is often considered an anti war song Stephen Stills was inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles in November 1966 a series of early counterculture era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood California the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go 12 Local residents and businesses had become annoyed by how crowds of young people going to clubs and music venues along the Strip had caused late night traffic congestion In response they lobbied Los Angeles County to pass local ordinances stopping loitering and enforced a strict curfew on the Strip after 10 p m The young music fans however felt the new laws infringed upon their civil rights 13 On Saturday November 12 1966 fliers were distributed on the Sunset Strip inviting people to join demonstrations later that day Several of Los Angeles s rock radio stations also announced a rally outside the Pandora s Box club on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights That evening as many as 1 000 young demonstrators including future celebrities such as Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda who was handcuffed by police gathered to protest against the curfew s enforcement Although the rallies began peacefully trouble eventually broke out 14 The unrest continued the next night and periodically throughout the rest of November and December forcing some clubs to shut down within weeks 13 It was against the background of these civil disturbances that Stills recorded For What It s Worth on December 5 1966 Production EditStills said in an interview that the name of the song came about when he presented it to the record company executive Ahmet Ertegun who signed Buffalo Springfield to the Atlantic Records owned ATCO label Stills said I have this song here for what it s worth if you want it 10 Another producer Charlie Greene claims that Stills first said the above line to him but credits Ahmet Ertegun with giving the single the parenthetical subtitle Stop Hey What s That Sound in order that the song would be more easily recognized 10 15 The song was recorded on December 5 1966 at Columbia Studios Hollywood Tom Dowd claimed he mixed the song at Atlantic s studio in New York though this has been disputed 16 Dowd did take part in the production of Cher s version of the song in 1969 17 One of the most recognizable elements of the song is Neil Young s use of guitar harmonics 10 Releases and charts EditWhile memories of the November riots were still fresh the group and Ertugen pushed for a rush release of For What It s Worth 18 On December 10 1966 five days after the song was recorded local Top 40 radio station KHJ began playing the single 18 It first appeared on the station s Boss 30 chart on December 28 1966 at number 26 19 and was followed by rival KRLA on January 14 1967 where the single entered its Top 40 Requests at number eight 20 Also on January 14 Billboard magazine identified it as a regional breakout 21 and the single appeared on its Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart 22 Two weeks later it debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at number seven on March 25 and remained on the chart for a total of fifteen weeks 23 Although the single did not reach the charts in the U K 24 the British Phonographic Industry certified a 2004 release by Warner Music as Gold sales of 100 000 in 2021 25 1967 singles charts Chart Peak Ref s Canada RPM 100 5 26 U S Billboard Hot 100 7 23 U S Cash Box Top 100 7 27 U S Record World Top 100 8 28 1967 year end charts Chart Rank Ref s Canada RPM Top Singles 72 29 U S Billboard Hot 100 27 30 U S Cash Box Top 100 52 31 To capitalize on the single s success Atco was pushing for a follow up album that featured the song 32 It began printing album jackets with the title Stampede but the group did not have enough songs for a new LP 33 Instead Atco reissued their debut album and added Still s song as the opening track 34 It eventually reached number 80 on Billboard s Top LPs chart 23 As one of Buffalo Springfield s best known songs it is included on several of the group s anthologies such as Retrospective The Best of Buffalo Springfield 1969 35 the Buffalo Springfield box set 2001 36 and What s That Sound Complete Albums Collection 2018 37 Critical commentary and legacy EditCash Box said the single is a throbbing infectious protester circling round the current happenings in Cal 38 For What It s Worth quickly became a well known protest song 39 However contrary to popular belief the song was not motivated by the Vietnam War but rather a confrontation Stills had in Los Angeles Sunset Strip neighborhood 40 In 2006 when interviewed on Tom Kent s radio show Into the 70s Stills pointed out that many people think the song is about the Kent State shootings of 1970 even though its release predates that event by over three years 41 Neil Young Stills s bandmate in both Buffalo Springfield and Crosby Stills Nash amp Young CSNY would later write Ohio in response to the events at Kent State 42 An all star version of For What It s Worth with Tom Petty and others was played at Buffalo Springfield s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 Neil Young did not attend the event 43 The song is a staple of period piece films about 1960s America and the Vietnam War such as Forrest Gump and often used as a common shorthand to quickly establish the atmosphere of 1960s counterculture movement and protests 44 The song appears in the intro to the 2005 film Lord of War showing the lifecycle of a bullet from manufacture to firing citation needed On August 17 2020 Billy Porter sang For What It s Worth for the 2020 Democratic National Convention backed by Stephen Stills on guitar a nod to the song s resurgent use in the summer 2020 American protests 45 46 In 2000 the 1966 recording of For What It s Worth by Buffalo Springfield on ATCO Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame The HOF lists the ATCO date as 1967 47 Covers and sampling Edit For What It s Worth has been covered sampled and referenced in numerous musical performances Versions include those by the Staple Singers US 66 in 1967 CAN 46 in 1967 48 Art 1967 single from Supernatural Fairy Tales Ken Lyon amp Tombstone 49 Rush Cher the Candyskins Oui 3 UK 28 50 Queensryche on their album Take Cover Miriam Makeba on her album Keep Me in Mind Ozzy Osbourne and hed p e retitled Children Cher s 1969 cover did not make the Billboard Hot 100 AllMusic retrospectively called her version mature and forceful 51 Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 recorded a version of this song It reached 10 in the Adult Contemporary Music Chart on September 19 1970 52 Singer Karen Philipp suggested to Sergio that he should cover the song Karen does all of the vocals for this song by overdubbing Two versions of this song exist The mono 45 has a more extreme overdubbing of Karen s vocals with a different organ solo than the LP 53 The LP version is in stereo with a different vocal arrangement 54 David Cassidy recorded an extended live version for his 1974 album Cassidy Live Bell Records UK 9 recorded live in Great Britain in May 1974 On episode 2 21 of The Muppet Show originally airing 19 February 1978 For What It s Worth is performed by an opossum Jerry Nelson and a chorus of woodland animals The third verse is rewritten by an uncredited writer to give the song an anti hunting theme The hip hop group Public Enemy sampled For What It s Worth on their 1998 song He Got Game which featured Stephen Stills reprising his vocal performance from the original song 55 Oui 3 adapted the song for their 1993 debut single of the same name which reached number 26 in the UK chart 56 57 In 2017 Haley Reinhart released a cover of the song as the third single from her third studio album What s That Sound 58 In 2018 the Lone Bellow released a cover of the song as a single 59 In 2022 Stevie Nicks released a cover of it as well not to be confused with her 2011 song of the same name See also EditList of 1960s one hit wonders in the United States Protest songs in the United StatesNotes Edit For What It s Worth was rush released as a single 1 but most authors do not specify its release date beyond December 1966 2 3 4 The single debuted on Billboard s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart on January 14 5 References Edit Browne David November 11 2016 For What It s Worth Inside Buffalo Springfield s Classic Protest Song Rolling Stone Archived from the original on October 19 2022 Savage Jon 2015 1966 The Year the Decade Exploded London Faber amp Faber p 563 ISBN 978 0 571 27762 9 Janovitz Bill 2013 Rocks Off 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones New York City St Martin s Press p 99 ISBN 978 1 250 02632 3 McKittrick Christopher 2020 Somewhere You Feel Free Tom Petty and Los Angeles New York City Post Hill Press chap 1 ISBN 978 1 64293 512 7 Bubbling Under the Hot 100 PDF Billboard January 14 1967 p 24 Unterberger Richie Great Moments in Folk Rock Lists of Author Favorites Richieunterberger com Retrieved January 26 2011 Fontenot Robert What is Country Rock ThoughtCo About com Retrieved March 12 2017 Jim DeRogatis 1996 Kaleidoscope Eyes Psychedelic Rock from the 60s to the 90s Carol Publishing Group p 51 ISBN 978 0 8065 1788 9 Retrieved October 13 2015 Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc March 25 1967 via Google Books a b c d David Browne November 11 2016 For What It s Worth Inside Buffalo Springfield s Classic Protest Song Rolling Stone The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004 1 100 Rolling Stone Archived from the original on June 19 2008 Retrieved December 23 2022 Gilliland John 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