Purple Haze

“Purple Haze”  is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second record single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967.  As a record chart hit in several countries and the opening number on the Experience’s debut American album, it was many people’s first exposure to Hendrix’s psychedelic rock sound.  Because of ambiguities in the lyrics, listeners often interpret the song as referring to a psychedelic experience, although Hendrix described it as a love song.  “Purple Haze” is one of Hendrix’s best-known songs and appears on many Hendrix compilation albums.  It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is included on lists of the greatest guitar songs, including at number two by Rolling Stone and number one by Q magazine.  (More from Wikipedia)