Composed by Brian Parker and Kim Fowley, it became a hit for the group in early 1967.
[5] Backed with the Bobby Bloom, John Linde composition, "Make the Radio a Little Louder",[6][7][8] it was released on Pye 7N 17277.
[10] This was the follow up to their previous single, a Beach Boys cover, "Little Deuce Coupe" bw "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" which was released on Columbia in 1966.
The group also did a promotion for the song at the Tiles club in Oxford Street with Jimi Hendrix who had just released "Hey Joe".
[13] Along with the singles, "I Don't Need Anything" by Sandie Shaw, "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra, "Talk Talk" by The Music Machine and "Rosie" by Max Bygraves and Kenny Ball, "Sea of Faces" was noted as one of the Pye Records chart climbers by Disc and Music Echo in the magazine's January 14 issue.
[17] Their follow up was Breaking Up a Dream" which was released on Barry Class' Trend Label.
[18][19][20] Years later, the song was described by AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder as "beautifully ornate and crunchy".