Burning of the Midnight Lamp

"Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
West German single picture sleeve
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)
Released
  • August 19, 1967 (1967-08-19) (UK)
  • September 2, 1968 (US)
RecordedJuly 6–7, 1967
StudioMayfair, New York City
Genre
Length3:40
Label
Songwriter(s)Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)Chas Chandler
Experience UK singles chronology
"The Wind Cries Mary"
(1967)
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
(1967)
"All Along the Watchtower"
(1968)
Experience US singles chronology
"Up from the Skies"
(1968)
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
(1968)
"Crosstown Traffic"
(1968)

"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).

  1. ^ 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.