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| | Name = White Room | |||
| | Cover = | |||
| | Artist = ] | |||
| | from Album = ] | |||
| | Released = January 1969 (single) | |||
| | Format = ] | |||
| | Recorded = ], ], January 1968 | |||
| | Genre = ] | |||
| | Length = 4:57(album) (http://www.music.com/release/wheels_of_fire/1/|1) | |||
| | Label = ] (album) | |||
| | Producer = ] | |||
| | Chart position = #6 ], #28] | |||
| | Reviews =<nowiki></nowiki> | |||
| | Last single = ''"'''Sunshine of Your Love'''"/"Swlabr"''<br/>(1967) | |||
| | This single = ''"]"/"Those Were The Days"''<br/>(1969)}} | |||
| '''"White Room"''' is a song, written by ] and ], and a ] by ] from their ] ] '']''. | '''"White Room"''' is a song, written by ] and ], and a ] by ] from their ] ] '']''. | ||
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"White Room" is a song, written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, and a single by Cream from their 1968 album Wheels of Fire.
After bassist Jack Bruce wrote the psychedelic guitar pieces, his lyricist, poet Pete Brown, grouped colorful four-syllable non sequiturs, loosely organised around images of waiting in an English train station, thereby producing the acid rock-style lyrics. The combination is often considered one of the shining moments in British psychedelia. "White Room" is further noted for its unusual time signature of 5/4 in the introduction and bridge, with triplets in Ginger Baker's drums. Finally, "White Room" is notable for showcasing guitarist Eric Clapton's best known use of the wah-wah pedal (possibly aside from "Tales of Brave Ulysses") in the bridge and extended solo.
Along with "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Crossroads", it is one of Cream's most famous songs, reaching number 6 on the U.S. pop charts.
"White Room" was placed at #367 on the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
"White Room" has been covered by the following artists:
- Joel Grey
- Frank Gambale (in a jazz fusion style)
- The Cache Valley Drifters
- Iron Butterfly
- Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (with Jack Bruce, and two or three drummers doing the triplets in unison)
- Helloween
- Demons & Wizards