One Hit Wonder: Iron Butterfly (1968)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Single: Iron Butterfly Album: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida B-side: Iron Butterfly Theme" Released: June 14, 1968 (album) Released: July 31, 1968 (single) Genre: Acid rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, occult rock Songwriter: Doug Ingle Iron Butterfly released the single "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" from their 1968 album of the same name. At over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the LP. The middle of the song features a two-and-a-half-minute Ron Bushy drum solo. A 2-minute-52-second 45-rpm version of the track was Iron Butterfly's only song to reach the top 40 . The album reached number four on Billboard's Top 200 chart and sold over 30 million copies. VH1 ranked the track 19th on the 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders list.