Let Me Be (The Turtles song) Sloan's song "Eve of Destruction", which became a number 1 hit in the U.S. for Barry McGuire, recognizing that, with its uncompromising message, "You just couldn't make a statement like that and ever work again." He said that they accepted "Let Me Be" because it represented "just the perfect level of rebellion … haircuts and non-conformity".<ref name="Unterberger/JingleJangleMorning"></ref> Author Peter Doggett describes "Let Me Be" as a "perfect encapsulation of teenage angst". In his book "1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music", Andrew Grant Jackson identifies it as part of a "subgenre" of protest songs that emerged during 1965, in which
Eve of Destruction (song) list" by the BBC, and could not be played on "general entertainment programmes". In the late 1970s Los Angeles punk band The Dickies recorded a cover of "Eve of Destruction". The Undead (Fronted by Ex-Misfits guitarist Bobby Steele) recorded a cover of "Eve of Destruction" in 1986 and was released on their album "Act Your Rage" in 1989. New wave group Red Rockers covered the song in their 1984 album "Schizoprenic Circus". Johnny Thunders recorded it on his 1984 album "Hurt Me" and also frequently covered the song in concert (a live version is included on his 2000 CD, "Belfast