Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

For the studio jam song with Winwood and Casady, see Voodoo Chile.
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
UK single picture sleeve
Single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
from the album Electric Ladyland
B-side
Released
  • October 16, 1968 (1968-10-16) (US album)
  • October 25, 1968 (UK album)
  • October 23, 1970 (UK single)
RecordedMay 3, 1968
StudioRecord Plant, New York City
Genre
Length5:08[3]
Label
Songwriter(s)Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)Chas Chandler[4]
Hendrix UK singles chronology
"Let Me Light Your Fire"
(1969) 		"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
(1970) 		"Angel"
(1971)

"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968 that appears as the final track on the groups's third studio album, Electric Ladyland, released that year. It contains improvised guitar and a vocal from Hendrix, backed by Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. The song is one of Hendrix's best known; it was a feature of his concert performances throughout his career, and several live renditions were recorded and released on later albums.

After his death in 1970, Track Records released the song as a single in the United Kingdom using the title "Voodoo Chile" (see confusion over title). It became Hendrix's only number one single on the UK Singles Chart, reaching the top position during the week of November 15, 1970.[5] Several artists have performed or recorded versions of the song. Rolling Stone magazine included it at number 101 on their original 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Sullivan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Fowles 2009, p. 98.
  3. ^ From the Electric Ladyland liner notes (1968 international Polydor edition)
  4. ^ Rolling Stone (April 7, 2011). "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ "Official [U.K.] Singles Chart Top 50: 15 November 1970–21 November 1970". Official Charts. Retrieved August 3, 2017.