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The use of psychedelics has had a significant impact on the music industry. In the 1960s, psychedelic drugs such as LSD were popular among musicians, and the influence of these substances can be heard in their music. Psychedelic music is characterized by its experimental and improvisational nature, as well as its use of distortion, reverb, and other effects. Artists such as The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Pink Floyd are known for their psychedelic sound. The use of psychedelics also influenced the lyrics of many songs, often exploring themes of spirituality, mysticism, and altered states of consciousness. Overall, psychedelics played a major role in shaping the sound and message of music in the 1960s and beyond.
Here are 50 top songs whose artists and bands were influenced by psychedelics:
Pink Floyd – “Comfortably Numb”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJYddhb2eE
The Grateful Dead – “Dark Star”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlWqitKLnfs
The Doors – “The End”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqPNlng6uI
Jefferson Airplane – “White Rabbit”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Purple Haze”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSsjtiky9xI
Cream – “Sunshine of Your Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyftaay-pFA
The Byrds – “Eight Miles High”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymkBEhdHBE
The 13th Floor Elevators – “You’re Gonna Miss Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ChfmIkgNE
The Velvet Underground – “Heroin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFLw26BjDZs
Tame Impala – “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Beatles – “Tomorrow Never Knows”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Rolling Stones – “Paint It, Black”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Who – “I Can See for Miles”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0iqg2UanEc
The Kinks – “All Day and All of the Night”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiPSjdZGBE
The Moody Blues – “Nights in White Satin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Syd Barrett – “Gigolo Aunt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cIgt5CUZMI
The Zombies – “Time of the Season”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Byrds – “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMoop0rn780
The Electric Prunes – “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeVnbAfcwv8
Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Strawberry Alarm Clock – “Incense and Peppermints”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rw1_FNdy-Y
Love – “Alone Again Or”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbNpIG8x_s
The Small Faces – “Itchycoo Park”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayL1WTR1Go
Steppenwolf – “Magic Carpet Ride”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Donovan – “Sunshine Superman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oox_aGmoltg
Pink Floyd –
“Another Brick in the Wall Part 2”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Grateful Dead – “Friend of the Devil”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzoSKNZR5Do
The Doors – “Light My Fire”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoX6AKuYWL8
Jefferson Airplane – “Somebody to Love”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “All Along the Watchtower”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Cream – “White Room”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCc00pX_pFA
The Byrds – “Turn! Turn! Turn!”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Flaming Lips – “Do You Realize??”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Tame Impala – “Elephant”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Beatles – “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI
Pink Floyd – “Echoes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwPSPIhohk
The Who – “Baba O’Riley”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Black Sabbath – “Planet Caravan”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvrOzYtnLMA
The Grateful Dead -“Truckin”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSur0mFviT0
Pink Floyd – “Wish You Were Here”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Doors – “Break On Through (To the Other Side)”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Hey Joe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUPifXX0foU
Cream – “Crossroads”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HfkSzsyh1E
The Byrds – “Mr. Tambourine Man”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSk5Afvz6jM
The Velvet Underground – “Sunday Morning”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWzxJvgWc8
Tame Impala – “The Less I Know the Better”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBzrzS1Ag_g
Jimi Hendrix – “Are You Experienced?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuGtL5WSaM
The Rolling Stones – “Sympathy for the Devil”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwtyn-L-2gQ
The Who – “My Generation”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5zw04WxCc
The Kinks – “You Really Got Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GmzyeeXnQ
Bonus:
Phish – “Down with Disease”: https://www.youtube.
Shpongle – “Divine Moments of Truth”: https://www.youtube.
Our film ‘DOSED: The Trip of a Lifetime’ follows one woman’s journey as one of the first people in decades to receive legal access to psychedelics. The film’s Academy Award-qualifying theatrical tour will debut on April 21, 2023. Watch the first teaser trailer and see screenings times for more info. Scroll below to sign up to our mailing list – and hit the buttons to share to your socials!