When Todd Rundgren released his single “Hello It’s Me” as a B-side with his band Nazz in 1968, it managed to reach number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, then returned to the chart at no. 66 a few months. later After Nazz, which took its name from the Yardbirds’ 1966 song “The Nazz Are Blue,” split up in 1969, Rundgren revisited “Hello It’s Me” on his third solo album Something/Anything? in 1972 and took the more rhythmic version to the 5th place in the ranking. Despite his history, when Rundgren joined Ringo Starr with his All-Starr Band, he performed “Hello It’s Me” several times, but eventually dropped it on his tours.
“Ringo originally wanted me to do ‘Hello It’s Me,’ but I felt that the song, in the context of what the other band members were playing, didn’t represent the message he wanted to convey. ‘Hello It’s Me'” it’s a bit of a selfish song.” It’s me, me, me. It’s all about me. I’m boss and everything else.