In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
	Cover of the 1968 German single
Single by Iron Butterfly
from the album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
B-side	"Iron Butterfly Theme"
Released	June 14, 1968
Recorded	May 27, 1968
Studio	Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, New York, U.S.
Genre	Acid rock; psychedelic rock; hard rock; heavy metal; occult rock;
Length	17:05 (album version); 2:52 (single version);
Label	Atco; Atlantic;
Songwriter(s)	Doug Ingle
Producer(s)	Jim Hilton
Iron Butterfly singles chronology
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"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly and written by bandmember Doug Ingle, released on their 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.

At slightly over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album. The lyrics, a love song from the biblical Adam to his mate Eve, are simple and are heard only at the beginning and the end. Ron Bushy plays a now-iconic drum solo for much of the song's length. The track was recorded at Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.^{[citation needed]}

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was Iron Butterfly's only song to reach the top 40, reaching number 30,^[6] though the album containing the full-length song was far more successful, reaching number four on the album chart and selling over a million copies. An 8-minute-20-second edit of the song was included in the soundtrack to the 1986 film Manhunter.^[7] In 2009, it was named the 24th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.^[8] It is also often regarded as an influence on heavy metal music and one of the firsts of the genre.^[9]^[10]

Background[]

Though it was not recorded until their second album, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was written during Iron Butterfly's early days. According to drummer Ron Bushy, organist-vocalist Doug Ingle wrote the song one evening while drinking an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine. When the inebriated Ingle then played the song for Bushy, who wrote down the lyrics for him, he was slurring his words so badly that what was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden" was interpreted by Bushy as "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".^[11]^[12]

Even though nearly all of Iron Butterfly's songs were quite structured, the idea of turning the minute-and-a-half-long ballad into an extended jam emerged very early; Jeff Beck claims that when he saw Iron Butterfly perform at the in Los Angeles in April 1967, half a year before the band recorded their first album, their entire second set consisted of a 35-minute-long version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".^[11]

Track listing[]

Atco Records 7-inch single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (single edit)	2:52
2.	"Iron Butterfly Theme" (instrumental)	3:24

Atlantic Records 7-inch single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (single edit)	2:52
2.	"Soul Experience"	2:50

1969 French single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (vocal part)	4:50
2.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (instrumental featuring drums and organ)	5:12

1971 French single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (part 1)	3:30
2.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (part 2)	3:58

German single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (edit)	3:10
2.	"Easy Rider"	3:06

Charts[]

Chart (1968–1972)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[13]	92
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[14]	49
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[15]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[16]	30

Other versions[]

Incredible Bongo Band covered the song in 1973.^[17] The composer and percussionist David Van Tieghem released a version and two remixes in 1986.^[18] 16 BIT (a German dance project from 1986 to 1989 by Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti) recorded in 1987 a single "(Ina) Gadda-Da-Vida",^[19]^[20]^{[circular reference]} also included in album Inaxycvgtgb.^[21] New Jersey psychedelic band 6 Feet Under recorded a version in the late 1960s.^[22] In 1987 Slayer recorded a cover version that appears on the Less Than Zero soundtrack. Nas sampled the Incredible Bongo Band's cover version of the song on his singles Thief's Theme and Hip Hop Is Dead.

In popular culture[]

The song was parodied in The Residents' 1976 album The Third Reich 'n Roll.
The song is prominently featured in the finale of the 1986 film Manhunter, in which serial killer Francis Dolarhyde plays the song (via an 8-track tape of its parent album) throughout his final shootout with Will Graham and the police.
In 1990, the song was featured in The Wonder Years season 3 episode 17, "Night Out".^[23]
It is played in the 1991 film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
The song was featured in season 1 episode 8 of the television series Home Improvement, "Flying Sauces", from November 5, 1991.
Portions of the song are featured in a 1995 episode of The Simpsons, "Bart Sells His Soul", in which Bart Simpson tricks Reverend Lovejoy's church into singing the song as an opening hymn by handing out sheet music titled "In the Garden of Eden" by "I. Ron Butterfly". Lovejoy describes the hymn as "sound[ing] like rock and/or roll". The church organist, an elderly woman, collapses after playing for the entire seventeen minutes.^[24]
Small parts and riffs of the song were adapted in the soundtrack for the film Ocean's Twelve (2004) and can be heard in segments of the film. They were not included in the official release of the movie's soundtrack album.
The song is referenced in the 2005 Gilmore Girls season 5 episode "Come Home" when Sebastian Bach's character asks a group of traditional Korean musicians whether they know how to play it.
The song is played during the 2007 House season 3 episode "The Jerk".
In 2007, in the third of the series of movies popularized by the video game Resident Evil, Resident Evil 3: Extinction, it is played while the caravan are cruising the desert.
A 2010 episode of the animated sitcom Futurama references the song in its title: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela", replacing the last portion of the song title with the name of one of the show’s main protagonists, Turanga Leela.
The song was featured in the climax of Rob Zombie's 2019 film 3 From Hell.
The song features prominently in the trailer for the second part of the popular 2021 French series Lupin.

References[]

^ Ray Broadus Browne; Pat Browne (2001). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. Popular Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2.
^ Robert Dimery (December 5, 2011). 1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus. p. 1076. ISBN 978-1-84403-717-9.
^ The Avant-garde and American Postmodernity. University Press of Mississippi. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-61703-490-9.
^ William Phillips; Brian Cogan (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-313-34801-3.
^ Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots. p. 55.
^ "Iron Butterfly". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at Discogs (list of releases)
^ "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Spreadit.org. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
^ Various staff of the publisher (2007). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Guitar Songs. Alfred Publishing. ISBN 978-0739046289.
^ William Phillips (2008). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. Greenwood Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0313348006.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Dave Thompson (2014). Iron Butterfly: Live at the Galaxy 1967 (Liner notes). Purple Pyramid Records.
^ "Top 10 Drum Solos of All Time". Catalogs.com. October 24, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Ultratop.be – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
^ "Iron Butterfly Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
^ AllMusic
^ "Discography". vantieghem.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
^ discogs.com
^ de:16 BIT#Singles
^ discogs.com
^ "'6 Feet Under' at Psychedelicized.com". Retrieved May 17, 2017.
^ "S3E17: Night Out – The Wonder Years Soundtrack". Tunefind. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
^ Laurel Randolph (August 17, 2016). "Cooking The Simpsons: Million Dollar Birthday Fries". Paste Magazine. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

[1] Ray Broadus Browne; Pat Browne (2001). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. Popular Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2.

[2] Robert Dimery (December 5, 2011). 1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus. p. 1076. ISBN 978-1-84403-717-9.

[3] The Avant-garde and American Postmodernity. University Press of Mississippi. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-61703-490-9.

[4] William Phillips; Brian Cogan (March 20, 2009). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-313-34801-3.

[5] Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots. p. 55.

[6] "Iron Butterfly". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[7] In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at Discogs (list of releases)

[8] "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Spreadit.org. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2010.

[9] Various staff of the publisher (2007). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rock Guitar Songs. Alfred Publishing. ISBN 978-0739046289.

[10] William Phillips (2008). Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music. Greenwood Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0313348006.

[Galaxynote-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Dave Thompson (2014). Iron Butterfly: Live at the Galaxy 1967 (Liner notes). Purple Pyramid Records.

[12] "Top 10 Drum Solos of All Time". Catalogs.com. October 24, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2017.

[aus-13] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 149. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[sc_Wallonia_Iron_Butterfly-14] "Ultratop.be – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

[sc_Dutch100_Iron_Butterfly-15] "Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Iron_Butterfly-16] "Iron Butterfly Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

[17] AllMusic

[18] "Discography". vantieghem.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

[19] scogs.com

[20] :16 BIT#Singles

[21] scogs.com

[22] "'6 Feet Under' at Psychedelicized.com". Retrieved May 17, 2017.

[23] "S3E17: Night Out – The Wonder Years Soundtrack". Tunefind. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[24] Laurel Randolph (August 17, 2016). "Cooking The Simpsons: Million Dollar Birthday Fries". Paste Magazine. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

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