In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

1968

In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida is a 17 -minute rock piece of Iron Butterfly 's 1968 album of the same name. It occupies the entire second side. The simple text is heard only at the beginning and end of the song.

On the origin of the title different stories were circulated. A well-known version tells that the song title in reality In the Garden of Eden (Translated: In the Garden of Eden ) to have been, but during the rehearsals and recordings vernuschelte singer Doug Ingle this line under the influence of LSD into the nonsense phrase In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida. In the booklet for the re-release of the associated album 1995 states that Ingle had pronounced the title after drinking more than two and a half liters of wine so; drummer Ron Bushy have felt the title as catchy and therefore written down. In the best-of CD, the group is finally claimed that Bushy heard the track through headphones, and so just misunderstood, as Doug Ingle gave him the title of the song.

The song consists of an extremely catchy guitar and bass riff that repeats itself over almost the entire song. It is used as a basis for detailed organ and guitar solos, which are interrupted in the middle by an extended drum solo. This is remarkable, since up to this point drum solos in rock played only a very minor role. Thus, it represents one of the first drum solos to represent a rock record and is probably one of the most famous in rock history.

The usual single version of this song contains only Ron Bushys drum solo ( and little more) and just under three minutes of music.

In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida in pop culture

The popularity of this song is unbroken. So still produced numerous cover versions. The best known are from Blind Guardian (2006 on her single Fly), Slayer (1987 on the film soundtrack to Less Than Zero ), Boney M. (1980 under the title Gadda -Da - Vida, in Austria number 12 in the singles charts ), Weird Al Yankovic and Frank Zappa (1988 on the album Guitar ). Rapper Nas and the German hip- hop band of friends have sampled the song prominently. In film and television In-A- Gadda was -Da - Vida often used, usually in reference to the hippie or 68 movement and often more in the sense of parody. So the song is mentioned in Listen, Home Improvement, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, the wild seventies, Dr. House and Futurama. In the movies Blood Moon, Freddy's Finale - Nightmare on Elm Street 6, Resident Evil: Extinction and The New Sufferings of Young W. The song is used for voltage build-up.

DJs loved the song because they could do something about a quarter of an hour break while it was played.

The song In-A- Gadda -Da - Vida was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the list of greatest hard rock songs of all time by VH1, the song is number 24

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• Rock song
• Psychedelic rock song
• Song 1968