1968Released
3:39

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Interesting facts and trivia about Burning of the Midnight Lamp. By Songfacts®.

Hendrix wrote the lyrics on a flight from New York to Los Angeles in 1967. They express the confusion he felt at the time.

Hendrix: "That's really a song I'm proud of. Some people say this is the worst track we have ever done. I think it is the best. Even if the technique is not great, even if the sound is not clear and even if the lyrics can't be properly heard, this is a song that you often listen to and come back to. I don't play neither piano nor harpsichord, but I had managed to put together all these different sounds. It was the starting point."

Hendrix used a wah wah pedal on his guitar for this song. Frank Zappa was an influence on this.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Burning of the Midnight Lamp.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
77BPM

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Legacy Recordings
(P) 2009 Experience Hendrix L.L.C., under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment

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