Summertime Blues

Their Biggest Hit and Finest Moment... Right Out of the Gate.

Blue Cheers first hit, a cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" form their debut album: Vincibus Eruptum (1968), cruised all the way up to No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, their only such hit, and the album peaked at No.11 on the Billboard 200. In Canada, the song peaked at #3 in the RPM Magazine chart, and No.1 on the Dutch singles chart for one week in 1968.
The "Summertime Blues" single was backed with Dickie Petersons original song "Out of Focus."
While not as regularly played or recognized as much as The Who's version, it's hella more distorted. This Version was ranked #73 on the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of Rolling Stone. This version omits the responses and instead, each band member does a quik "solo."

This was the first heavy metal song to ever make the pop charts, beating both "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" and "Born to Be Wild" by months!
Geddy Lee and Eric Clapton, among many others, have cited Blue Cheer as the first metal band.
Also, if you listen, the main riff to "Foxy Lady" has been inserted in various parts of this version.

Chart (1968)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[16]	14
Canadian Singles Chart[17]	3
Dutch Singles Chart[15]	1