Back Burning of the Midnight Lamp Bulgarian سوختن چراغ نیمهشب Persian Burning of the Midnight Lamp French Burning of the Midnight Lamp Italian Burning of the Midnight Lamp NN Burning of the Midnight Lamp Russian Burning of the Midnight Lamp Slovak Burning of the Midnight Lamp Swedish
| "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" | ||||
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| Single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience | ||||
| A-side | "All Along the Watchtower" (US) | |||
| B-side | "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" (UK) | |||
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| Recorded | July 6–7, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Mayfair, New York City | |||
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| Length | 3:40 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Jimi Hendrix | |||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | |||
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"Burning of the Midnight Lamp" is a song recorded by English-American rock trio the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Written by frontman Jimi Hendrix and produced by band manager Chas Chandler, it features R&B group Sweet Inspirations on backing vocals.
The song was released in August 1967 as the group's fourth single in the United Kingdom and later included on the 1968 British edition of their compilation, Smash Hits. In the United States, it first appeared as the B-side of "All Along the Watchtower". The song was added to both US and UK editions of Electric Ladyland (1968).
- ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1968". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 176. ISBN 9781493064601.
With "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", Hendrix the pop craftsman pulls one of psychedelia's bubbliest Nuggets from his cauldron.