Photo Credit:
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Producer: Todd Rundgren
Recorded: Fall 1971 at the Record Plant in New York City
Released: Spring 1972
Players: | Todd Rundgren — vocals, all instruments |
Album: | Something/Anything? (Bearsville, 1972) |
A native of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania–near Philadelphia–Rundgren led the group the Nazz before going solo in 1971.
The double album Something/Anything? was an adventurous work, with three sides recorded entirely by Rundgren and a fourth side “poperetta” that wove together a series of songs, concluding with the top-five hit “Hello It's Me.”
“I Saw the Light” was the album's other great commercial success, reaching Number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
That wasn't a surprise to Rundgren–in the album's liner notes, he wrote, “If there's a single on this album, this is it, so I put it first like at Motown.”
Ironically, Something/Anything? also includes a cover of the Motown hit “Money (That's What I Want),” which was co-written by label founder Berry Gordy Jr. and recorded by Barrett Strong.
Something/Anything? is also Rundgren's most successful album, reaching Number 29 on the Billboard 200 and earning his only gold record.