
For What It's Worth
Lead vocals: Man
Taal: Engels
For what it's worth (Stop, hey what's that sound) is een nummer van Buffalo Springfield dat werd geschreven door Stephen Stills. Het nummer verscheen in december 1966 op single met op de B-kant Do I have to come right out and say it, een liefdeslied geschreven door Neil Young.
Van de opnames werden de producers Brian Stone en Charles Greene niet op de hoogte gesteld omdat de bandleden niet tevreden waren over hun werk. Daarom was het aanvankelijk ook nog niet te vinden op hun debuutalbum, Buffalo Springfield. Ze worden echter wel op het singlelabel vermeld. Later verscheen het wel op herpersingen ervan. Daarop werd het omgewisseld met Baby don't scold me. Het nummer werd tientallen malen gecoverd.
"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, first recorded by Buffalo Springfield on December 5, 1966, and released as a single on Atco Records in December 1966; it peaked at no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967. Its association with the Vietnam War is a popular misconception; the song is about young people clashing with police during the counterculture era.
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.
In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at number 63 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.