Incense and Peppermints

This article is about the song. For the album, see Incense and Peppermints (album).
"Incense and Peppermints"
Side-A vinyl label
Side A of the 1967 US single
Single by Strawberry Alarm Clock
from the album Incense and Peppermints
B-side"The Birdman of Alkatrash"
ReleasedMay 19, 1967[1]
Recorded1967
Genre
Length2:47
LabelUNI
Songwriter(s)
(uncredited: Mark Weitz, Ed King)
Producer(s)Frank Slay
Strawberry Alarm Clock singles chronology
"Incense and Peppermints"
(1967) 		"Tomorrow"
(1967)
Official audio
"Incense And Peppermints" on YouTube

"Incense and Peppermints" is a 1967 song by the American psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock. The song is officially credited as having been written by John S. Carter and Tim Gilbert, although it was based on an instrumental idea by band members Mark Weitz and Ed King.[5] It was released as a single in May 1967 by Uni Records and reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in November of that year.[6][7] Although the single was released in the United Kingdom, it failed to break into the UK Singles Chart.[8] The song was featured in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery[9] and the television series Daisy Jones and the Six.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints".
  2. ^ Mark Kemp (1 November 2007). Dixie Lullaby. Simon and Schuster. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-4165-9046-0. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ Doyle Greene (10 March 2014). The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-4766-1507-3. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ Breihan, Tom (October 23, 2018). "The Number Ones: The Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense And Peppermints"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 14, 2023. ...it's plenty possible to hear "Incense And Peppermints" as a...version of the acid rock that was blossoming in San Francisco during that moment. And maybe "Incense And Peppermints" is that.
  5. ^ "Mark Weitz Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  6. ^ Hogg, Brian. (1992). Strawberries Mean Love (1992 CD liner notes).
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel. (2008). Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Record Research Inc. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.
  8. ^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 861. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
  9. ^ "Austin Powers soundtrack". Imdb.com. Retrieved 27 December 2021.