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. It was released on the

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record label and reached the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart during the same year. It was later released as a bonus track on the album, '' Happy Together'' by

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in 1994.

Composition and themes

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song written by Alan Gordon and Gary Bonner. The piece is considered to be one of the more experimental pieces from The Turtles. The song begins with theme and lyrics inspired from jazz, moves into a pop music refrain, and later shifts into time. White Whale Records worked with a filming company headed by John Urie, who agreed to produce a

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film for the song featuring the band. Filming lasted three days.

Reception

At the time of its release in 1967, some radio stations objected to themes expressed in the song and banned the song from their playlists and refused to play it; lead singer Howard Kaylan surmised this was because of the song's references to

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, a flower with hallucinogenic properties. In spite of this obstacle, the song peaked at #14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent ten weeks on the charts. The song reached a national audience in the United States on November 12, 1967 when the Turtles performed the song on the

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. In reviewing the Turtles' legacy in 2016, Steve Horowitz wrote that among a few other hits from the group, the song "still holds up today" and is regularly played on radio stations featuring music from the 1960s and in films depicting the decade. Kaylan has remarked that the piece is one of the band's best songs, but less appreciated. He noted that had the song been released before an earlier hit, "

You Know What I Mean "You Know What I Mean" is a song released by The Turtles in 1967. The song spent 11 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12, while reaching No. 6 on Canada's "''RPM Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min ...

", it would have been more publicly successful.

Credits

Howard Kaylan Howard Kaylan (born Howard Lawrence Kaplan, June 22, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s rock band The Turtles, and, along with bandmate and friend Mark Volman, a member of th ...

– lead vocals, keyboards *

Mark Volman Mark Randall Volman (born April 19, 1947) is an American vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the 1960s rock band The Turtles, and, along with his bandmate and friend Howard Kaylan, a member of the 1970s rock duo ...

– vocals * Al Nichol – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *

Jim Pons Jim Pons is an American bassist, author and singer who most notably played for the Leaves, the Turtles, and the Mothers of Invention. Biography Jim Pons was born in Los Angeles. In 1964, he joined The Leaves and stayed in the group until 1967. ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals *

John Barbata John Barbata (born April 1, 1945) is an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata has served as the drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, ...

– drums, percussion * Alan Gordon – songwriting * Gary Bonner – songwriting

References

{{The Turtles 1967 singles The Turtles songs Psychedelic songs Songs written by Alan Gordon (songwriter)