Are You Experienced? (song)

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Name =Are You Experienced?


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Artist =The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Album =Are You Experienced
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Released =May 12, 1967 (UK)
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Recorded =April 3, 1966 at Olympic Sound Studios in London, England
Genre = Acid rock, experimental rock
Length =4:17
Writer =Jimi Hendrix
Label =Track Records (UK)
Producer =Chas Chandler
Tracks =Side 1
# "Foxy Lady"
# "Manic Depression"
# "Red House"
# "Can You See Me"
# "Love or Confusion"
# "I Don't Live Today"Side 2
# "May This Be Love"
# "Fire"
# "3rd Stone from the Sun"
# "Remember"
# "Are You Experienced"
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Audio sample? ="Are You Experienced?" [Allmusic|33:gxfpxxq0ldae|"Are You Experienced?"] is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience for their 1967 debut album "Are You Experienced". The song was recorded on April 3, 1966 at Olympic Sound Studios in London, England;Roby, Steven (2002). "Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix". Watson-Guptill, p. 72 ISBN 082307854X] the songs "May This Be Love" and "Highway Chile" were recorded on the same day. Described as a "psychedelic symphony", the recording combines backwards and forward recorded guitars and drums.

In the lyrics, Hendrix invites the listener to break through and go beyond "your measly little world", [ Bromell, Nicholas Knowles (2004). "Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s". University of Chicago Press, p. 108. ISBN 0226075532] to go on a journey, "Trumpets and violins I can hear in the distance, / I think they're calling our names. / Maybe now you can't hear them, but you will, ha-ha, / If you just take hold of my hand", and pleads to answer "yes" to the question, "Have you ever been experienced?".Robertson, John & Dogget, Peter (2004). "Jimi Hendrix: The Complete Guide to His Music". Omnibus Press, p. 13 ISBN 1844494241]

The song is the the final track of the album "Are You Experienced", except for the latest Experience Hendrix/MCA re-release where the first three singles have been added at the end. It has been covered by Devo for their 1984 album "Shout" and Patti Smith for her 2007 cover album "Twelve".

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