If "Strawberry Fields Forever/ Penny Lane" were considered the best single of the year 1967...

What would the reaction of respected critics and the hippie and underground community to this? In my opinion of a smiling maniac, I imagine it would have been amazing (and better), perhaps not being considered as good at the time of its supposed release. What do u think?

What would the reaction of respected critics and the hippie and underground community to this? In my opinion of a smiling maniac, I imagine it would have been amazing (and better), perhaps not being considered as good at the time of its supposed release. What do u think?