In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
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Iron ButterflyProduced by
Jim HiltonWrited by
Doug IngleAbout
Iron Butterfly’s 1968 song “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” is arguably the first heavy metal hit. The original version of the song that appeared on the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album was 17-minutes long, but it was edited down to under 3 minutes for radio play.
The song reached #30 in the US, the band’s only top 40...
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Lyrics
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey
Don't you know that I'm loving you?
In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby
Don't you know that I'll always be true?
Oh, won't you come with me
And a-take my hand?
Oh, won't you come with me
And a-walk this land?
Please take my hand
Let me tell you now
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey
Don't you know that I'm loving you?
In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby
Don't you know that I'll always be true?
Oh, won't you come with me
And a-take my hand?
Oh, won't you come with me
And a-walk this land?
Please take my hand
Guitar, huh!
Come on, run, man, come on, ha!
[Instrumental Break 02:12-15:29]
Two, three, four, huh!
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey
Don't you know that I'm loving you?
In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby
Don't you know that I'll always be true?
Oh, won't you come with me
And a-take my hand?
Oh, won't you come with me
And a-walk this land?
Please take my hand
Huh, huh
All right, uh, hey, ha!
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Q&A
Who wrote In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida's ?
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was written by Doug Ingle.
Who produced In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida's ?
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was produced by Jim Hilton.
When did Iron Butterfly release In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida?
Iron Butterfly released In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida on Fri Jun 14 1968.
What did Iron Butterfly say about "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"?
Drummer Ron Bushy told Drumhead Magazine:
It actually started as a country ballad and was originally only one minute and 20 seconds long. Then we went on tour all over the U.S. with the Airplane for three months, and we fine-tuned it. We set up our gear and Don Casale, the engineer, asked us to run...
What have the artists said about this song?
Bassist Lee Dorman told Craig Morrison:
“We would take it a certain way and then we would have to rearrange it now because we had all these solos: ‘Well, let’s put this over here and over there And then finally, at 17 minutes we had to say, let’s get out of this.’”