The Space Negros - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly Cover)
From '' In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida b/w The Smelly Fishy Theme And Variations ''
Label: Arf! Arf! -- AA-015
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single
Country: US
Released: 1985
Tracklist
A In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
B The Smelly Fishy Theme And Variations
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"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is a song by Iron Butterfly, 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 track was recorded on May 27, 1968, at Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
The single reached number 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Overview
The song is considered significant in rock history because, together with music by Blue Cheer, Jimi Hendrix and Steppenwolf, it marks the time period when psychedelic music began to form heavy metal.
In 2009, it was named the 24th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
In popular culture
Television
The Simpsons at the beginning of the episode "Bart Sells His Soul", under the guise of a church hymn distributed by Bart, with the title "In the Garden of Eden" (referencing the popular story about the mondegreen) by "I. Ron Butterfly", and sung by the unwitting parishioners. Reverend Lovejoy suddenly points out that this sounds a lot like "rock and/or roll!". After a 17 minute skip, the organist collapses from fatigue.
In the first episode of Bobby's World, "The Visit To Aunt Ruth's", Martha Generic states that there's no sign of civilization on the way to Aunt Ruth's. Bobby daydreams about the stone age featuring a prehistoric version of Iron Butterfly.
Home Improvement in the episode "Flying Sauces", Brad and Randy attempt to convince their younger brother Mark that they were actually aliens, whose alien parents would arrive to retrieve them from the backyard in the middle of the night. The boys' parents Tim and Jill arrange a counter-prank by blaring the song while using spotlights to give the appearance of a UFO, before emerging dressed as aliens to chase the terrified duo around the yard.
That 70's Show Fez and Hyde smuggle the record into Fez's house by putting it in a Pat Boone album cover.
Criminal Minds at the beginning of season 1 episode "The Tribe".
Rescue Me on bagpipes during a funeral in the series finale.
Supernatural in the opening scene of season 1 episode "Skin".
The A Team episode "Beneath the Surface" background music during a party scene.
Beavis and Butt-head, season 4, episode 32: the title is referred to on TV.
The Wonder Years Season 3 episode "Night Out". Playing when Kevin and Winnie Cooper are headed to the "Makeout Room" at their first couple's party.
Futurama Season 6 episode "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela", a spoof on the song's title.
House Season 3 episode "The Jerk". The song is playing while a patient is on a monitored mushroom trip to relieve cluster headaches.
Film
Manhunter climax.
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare briefly.
Resident Evil Extinction road trip sequence.
Ocean's Twelve replay of staged fight in train.
Mike Mendez' Killers opening song.
Music
The song is a part of "Polkas on 45" from 1984, the first of "Weird Al" Yankovic's numerous polka medleys.
Nas' song "Thief's Theme" featured an interpolation of the famous riff from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" performed by Incredible Bongo Band. Nas would use the same sample again on the 2006 single "Hip Hop Is Dead".
Frank Zappa spoofed the song with a track called In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky.
On the Rollins Band album Do It, at roughly 5 minutes and 15 seconds into the song "Move Right In", the band breaks into the familiar riff from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", playing it for roughly a minute before returning to the original song.
Blind Guardian - Fly - 03 - In a gadda da vida (Iron Butterfly cover)
In Ricky Martin's song Livin' La Vida Loca, this song is referenced slightly in the end.
In the Chase song "Get it On: (1971), the brass instruments quote the last six notes from "In-A Gadda Da-Vida" to end the song. It was not clear whether Iron Butterfly sued Chase for plagiarizing the song
Books
John Ringo , author of several military Sc-Fi series regularly uses a playlist to be enjoyed when reading the books. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is referenced there and some of his more musical minded protagonists play it.
Games
Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! during the cut scene after Larry gets drugged and is on an acid trip.
Boney M. version
7″ singles
"Children of Paradise" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 4:40 / "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Ingle) - 5:18 (Hansa 102 400-100, Germany)
"Children of Paradise" (Final mix) - 4:28 / "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Final mix) - 5:05 (Hansa 102 400-100, Germany)
12″ single
"Gadda-Da-Vida" (Long version) - 8:56 / "Children of Paradise" (12″ mix) - 5:18 (Hansa 600 280-100, Germany)
