In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Revision history

Jason.Kreitzer at 01:08, 2 May 2026

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Spider of Destiny at 00:40, 27 November 2010

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Duncan at 08:56, 12 May 2005

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Emdebe at 16:12, 9 May 2005

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Duncan at 23:19, 8 May 2005

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[[Iron Butterfly]]
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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 Written by Doug Ingle, vocalist and keyboard player. [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]] was the title track of [[Iron Butterfly]]'s second album (ATCO  SD 33-250, July 1968).
-It was so popular it soared past the usual measure for a "Gold" album so [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (then boss of ATCO) had to produce a new "Platinum" sales award to acknowledge it's success -  140 weeks in the charts, 81 of which were in the Top Ten.
+It was so popular it soared past the usual measure for a "Gold" album so [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (then boss of ATCO) had to produce a new "Platinum" sales award to acknowledge its success -  140 weeks in the charts, 81 of which were in the Top Ten.
 The title translates as "In the garden of life" but it was originally called "In the garden of Eden". A drunken rehearsal resulted in the slurring of "In the garden of Eden" into [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]].

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−	Written by Doug Ingle, vocalist and keyboard player. [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]] was the title track of [[Iron Butterfly]]'s second album (ATCO July 1968). It was so popular it soared past the usual measure for a "Gold" album so [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (then boss of ATCO) had to produce a new "Platinum" sales award to acknowledge it's success - 140 weeks in the charts, 81 of which were in the Top Ten.	+	Written by Doug Ingle, vocalist and keyboard player. [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]] was the title track of [[Iron Butterfly]]'s second album (ATCO SD 33-250, July 1968).
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		+	It was so popular it soared past the usual measure for a "Gold" album so [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (then boss of ATCO) had to produce a new "Platinum" sales award to acknowledge it's success - 140 weeks in the charts, 81 of which were in the Top Ten.

	The title translates as "In the garden of life" but it was originally called "In the garden of Eden". A drunken rehearsal resulted in the slurring of "In the garden of Eden" into [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]].		The title translates as "In the garden of life" but it was originally called "In the garden of Eden". A drunken rehearsal resulted in the slurring of "In the garden of Eden" into [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]].

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+Written by Doug Ingle, vocalist and keyboard player. [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]] was the title track of [[Iron Butterfly]]'s second album (ATCO July 1968). It was so popular it soared past the usual measure for a "Gold" album so [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (then boss of ATCO) had to produce a new "Platinum" sales award to acknowledge it's success -  140 weeks in the charts, 81 of which were in the Top Ten.
 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey,<br>
 don't you know that I love you?<br>
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 (Repeat as required)
-==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
+See: "[[In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky]]" on "[[Frank Zappa: Guitar]]"
-==Notes About This Song==
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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−	~~[[Iron Butterfly]]~~
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		+	==Lyrics==
		+	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey,<br>
		+	don't you know that I love you?<br>
		+	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby,<br>
		+	don't you know that I'll always be true?<br>
		+	<br>
		+	Oh, won't you come with me<br>
		+	and take my hand?<br>
		+	<br>
		+	Oh, won't you come with me<br>
		+	and walk this land?<br>
		+	<br>
		+	Please take my hand!<br>
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		+	(Repeat as required)
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		+	==Players On This Song==
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		+	==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
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		+	==Notes About This Song==
		+	Written by Doug Ingle, vocalist and keyboard player. [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]] was the title track of [[Iron Butterfly]]'s second album (ATCO July 1968). It was so popular it soared past the usual measure for a "Gold" album so [[Ahmet Ertegun]] (then boss of ATCO) had to produce a new "Platinum" sales award to acknowledge it's success - 140 weeks in the charts, 81 of which were in the Top Ten.
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		+	The title translates as "In the garden of life" but it was originally called "In the garden of Eden". A drunken rehearsal resulted in the slurring of "In the garden of Eden" into [[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]].
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		+	The original name was reinstated by [[The Simpsons]] who (Episode:132 First shown:October 8, 1995) had the church organist (Ingle's father was a church organist) play "In the garden of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly which provokes Reverend Lovejoy to declare "Wait a minute, this sounds like rock and/or roll."
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		+	==CC Clues In This Song==
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		+	[[Category:Tracks]]