Thirteen - Alternate Mix, 1972

Frontman Alex Chilton wrote this acoustic ballad about two kids in love with Rock & Roll and each other. He explained to Rolling Stone that it's simple musically as, "I was still learning to play and stuff."

The couplet "Won't you tell your dad to get off my back/Tell him what we said about 'Paint It Black,'" refers to the Rolling Stones song "of that title."

This was ranked #396 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs. They described it as, "one of rock's most beautiful celebrations of adolescence."