Top 100 psychedelic songs

Editor’s note: Psychedelic Sight revolves around two works in progress: A list of the 100 greatest psychedelic songs (this page) and one of the top 50 psychedelic albums. True to the spirit, the list will be filled in randomly. Click on the titles to read about the song and why it has been immortalized in the Psychedelic Sight 100.

Top 100 psychedelic songs
6. “White Room” by Cream, from “Wheels of Fire” (1968)
10.“Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” by the Yardbirds, from “Roger the Engineer” (1966)
13. “Time Has Come Today” by the Chambers Brothers, from “The Time Has Come” (1967)
16. “I Walk on Guilded Splinters” by Dr. John the Night Tripper, from “Gris-Gris” (1968)
22. “East-West” by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, from “East-West” (1966)
26. “Sky Pilot” by Eric Burdon & the Animals, from “The Twain Shall Meet” (1968)
28. “Help, I’m a Rock” by the Mothers of Invention, from “Freak Out!” (1966)
30. “Iron Butterfly Theme” by Iron Butterfly, from “Heavy” (1968)
33. “Eskimo Blue Day” by Jefferson Airplane, from “Volunteers” (1969)
41. “Exp” / “Up From the Skies” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, from “Axis: Bold as Love” (1967)
44. “Maggot Brain” by Funkadelic, from “Maggot Brain” (1972)
50. “Atom Heart Mother” suite by Pink Floyd, from “Atom Heart Mother” (1970)
66. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, single (1966)
77. “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” by the Temptations, single (1968)
79. “San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)” by Fever Tree, from “Fever Tree” (1968)
87. “They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!” by Napolean XIV (1966)

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