"Blackberry Way" is a single by The Move

The Move

The Move, from Birmingham, England, were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s. They scored nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any success in the United States....

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Written by Roy Wood

Roy Wood

Roy Adrian Wood is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands.-Career:Wood...

 and produced by Jimmy Miller

Jimmy Miller (producer)

James "Jimmy" Miller was a Brooklyn, New York-born record producer and musician who produced dozens of albums between the mid-1960s and early 1990s, including landmark recordings for Blind Faith, Traffic, the Plasmatics, Motorhead, The World Bank and Primal Scream...

, "Blackberry Way" was a bleak counterpoint to the sunny psychedelia of earlier recordings. It nevertheless became the band's most successful single reaching #1 on the UK singles chart

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. Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy

Richard Tandy , is best known as the keyboard player in the rock band, Electric Light Orchestra...

 who would later play keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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 with Roy Wood's next band ELO

Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...

, played harpsichord

Harpsichord

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. Despite the success of the single, the style of psychedelically tinged pop sat uneasily with bassist Trevor Burton. He left the group shortly after. It is cited as inspired by the Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' "Penny Lane

Penny Lane

"Penny Lane" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney. It was credited to Lennon–McCartney.Recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, "Penny Lane" was released in February 1967 as one side of a double A-sided single, along with "Strawberry Fields Forever". Both songs were later included...

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Cover versions

• Italian band Equipe 84
  Equipe 84
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   produced in 1969 a cover version (with Italian lyrics by lyricist Mogol
  Mogol (lyricist)
  Giulio Rapetti , in art Mogol, is an Italian music lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Lucio Battisti.-Career:...
  
  ), named "Tutta mia la città", which became a hit in Italy
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  . This version was re-covered in 2007 by Italian band Giuliano Palma & the Bluebeaters
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• Swiss rock band Gotthard recorded the song for his 1999 album 'Open
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• A cover version was recorded by the English/Norwegian duo Gary Holton
  Gary Holton
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   and Casino Steel.
• In 1978, Swedish rock band Strix Q released a version with Swedish lyrics entitled "Hem till Stockholm igen" ("Back home to Stockholm again").
• English rock band Marillion
  Marillion
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  released a live version of the song in their 2007 album 'Friends', recorded at the Marillion Weekend held earlier that year.