Garden of Earthly Delights

This article is about the XTC song. For the painting, see The Garden of Earthly Delights. For other uses, see Garden of Earthly Delights (disambiguation).
"Garden of Earthly Delights"
Song by XTC
from the album Oranges & Lemons
Released27 February 1989 (1989-02-27)
Recorded1988
GenrePsychedelic[1]
Length5:02
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Andy Partridge
Producer(s)Paul Fox
Audio sample

"Garden of Earthly Delights" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the opening track on their 1989 album Oranges & Lemons. Partridge wrote the song as a children's guide to the world dedicated to his son Harry Partridge. He intended it to sound "like this crazy tapestry of camels and elephants and belly dancers and all the Arabian Nights, interwoven -- a big ornate Eastern rug come to life."[2] It features Arabic modalities and a guitar solo played through two harmonizers set to different intervals.

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