Quora: What was Iron Butterfly referring to in the song ‘In A Gadda Da Vida’?

(Answered by James O’Connor)

Doug Ingle, keyboardist and vocalist for Iron Butterfly, wrote this tune and played it for Ron Bushy, the band’s drummer, who wrote it down as Doug slurred through his lyric, “In the Garden Of Eden”, after having consumed a gallon of Red Mountain wine. So the mondegreen stuck and became the accepted title and lyric to the song.

Considered one of the first Heavy Metal songs in Rock history, it was heavy psychedelic chaos and side two of the band’s second LP in 1968, clocking in at over 17 minutes. Since its release, it has become one of the most famous pieces in Rock history.

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