Hand Me Down World
"Hand Me Down World" is a song written by Kurt Winter and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #10 in Canada, #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #65 in Australia in 1970. The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but did not chart. It is featured on their 1970 album, Share the Land.
The song was produced by Jack Richardson and arranged by The Guess Who.
This song was a rebellion against the older political systems. In the repeated choruses, Cummings and the other vocalists stated that they don't want any hand me down shoes, love, and world, because they "Got one already". also, the line: "I think we missed it", was another way of going against the establishment.Personnel
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Other versions
- Tesla released a version of the song on their 2007 album, Real to Reel.