How Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' Went from 17 Minutes to Radio's 3-Minute Edit

With a run time of 17:05 minutes, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida” took up the entire second side of the Iron Butterfly album. For radio, ...

Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' started as a 90-second country ballad

Inspired by a drunken mistake, the rock classic went through various transformations as it changed the genre for good.
The New York Times

Doug Ingle, the Voice of Iron Butterfly, Is Dead at 78

His biggest hit, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” was a 17-minute psychedelic journey that epitomized 1960s rock indulgence. But after just a few years in the limelight, he walked away. By Alex Williams Doug ...
San Diego Reader

Deep inside Iron Butterfly

“I can still rock,” according to Danny Weis, co-founder of Iron Butterfly. The guitarist, who lived in Canada at the time of the interview, spent the majority of his youth in El Cajon. The founding ...
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How Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' Went from 17 Minutes to Radio's 3-Minute Edit

It's been 58 years since Iron Butterfly changed rock music with the career-defining song, "In-A-Gadda-Da Vida." The monstrous track, which appeared on the June 14, 1968, album of the same name, ...