"Shapes of Things" is a song recorded by the English rock group the Yardbirds in 1965 and 1966. It was their first self-written song to become a record chart hit and "can justifiably be classified as the first psychedelic rock classic". With Jeff Beck's groundbreaking guitar playing, "Shapes of Things" "proved at once progressive and commercial — the perfect marriage of socially conscious lyrics and a driving rhythm".