The Top 200 Psychedelic Songs from the Original Psychedelic Era - Psychedelic Scene Magazine (2024)

• Jason LeValley
• April 13, 2021
• 7:39 am

Lists are highly subjective, of course, and the idea behind this one isn’t to dictate which songs are better than
others. This list is designed more to enlighten, turn people on to songs they may not have known, and
invoke discussion.
It bears mentioning, however, that The Beatles are predominant on this list because they were the best
band ever and arguably did psychedelic music better than any band has ever done. For this reason, it was
hard for us not to fill the Top 10 with Beatles songs. Instead, they’re spaced out within the list, although
four songs are in the Top 10.

200. Feel Flows – Beach Boys
199. Silver and Gold – Country Joe & the Fish
198. Pretty Ballerina – The Left Banke
197. Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In) – The First Edition
196. Images of April — Pearls Before Swine
195. London Social Degree—Billy Nicholls
194. It’s All Too Much – The Beatles
193. The Disturbance – The Move
192. Dear Delilah – Grapefruit
191. Only a Northern Song – The Beatles
190. Main Vain–Aorta
189. Pentecost Hotel – Nirvana (U.K.)
188. Flaming – Pink Floyd
187. I’m So Glad – Cream
186. Summertime Blues – Blue Cheer
185. The Long Road – Genesis (US)
184. Mobius Trip – H.P. Lovecraft
183. Fields of Regret – Alice Cooper
182. The Way – July
181. She Said, She Said – The Beatles
180. Here She Comes Now — Velvet Underground
179. Love You To – The Beatles
178. She’s a Rainbow – The Rolling Stones
177. Defecting Grey – The Pretty Things
176. Spontaneous Apple Creation – Arthur Brown

175. Pictures of Matchstick Men – Status Quo
174. Michael Angelo – 23rd Turnoff
173. Farmer John – The Premiers
172. Maiden of The Cancer Moon – Quicksilver Messenger Service
171. Baby – Os Mutantes
170. I Can’t Find the Time to Tell You – Orpheus
169. Mr. Farmer—The Seeds
168. Cellophane Symphony – Tommy James and the Shondells
167. That’s It for the Other One – Grateful Dead
166. Wild Mountain Honey – Steve Miller Band
165. Through with You – The Lemon Pipers
164. Fancy—The Kinks
163. Song from the Bottom of a Well—Kevin Ayers
162. Hole in My Shoe – Traffic
161. Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
160. Let’s Go to San Francisco – The Flower Pot Men
159. San Francisco Girls — Fever Tree
158. My Mind’s Eye—Small Faces
157. And I Wish I Were Stoned – Caravan
156. The Child Bride – Earth Opera
155. In My First Mind – Steve Miller Band
154. Fire Engine – The 13th Floor Elevators
153. Piece for Piano and Electric Bass Guitar – The Red Crayola
152. Where Is My Mind? – Vanilla Fudge
151. The Best Way to Travel – The Moody Blues

150. Pretty Song from Psych-Out – Strawberry Alarm Clock
149. Planet Caravan – Black Sabbath
148. Journey to the Center of Your Mind – The Amboy Dukes
147. Crimson and Clover – Tommy James and the Shondells
146. Dandelion – The Rolling Stones
145. My World Fell Down – Sagittarius
144. Morning Girl – Neon Philharmonic
143. It’s-a-Happening – The Magic Mushrooms
142. Fire – Arthur Brown
141. Anxious Colors – The Painted Faces
140. Bike – Pink Floyd
139. No Time Like the Right Time –The Blues Project
138. We Wil Fall – The Stooges
137. We Love You – The Rolling Stones
136. Cold Turkey – Big Boy Pete
135. Legend of a Mind – The Moody Blues
134. I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night – The Electric Prunes
133. Psychotic Reaction – The Count Five
132. The Porpoise Song – The Monkees
131. Over, Under, Sideways, Down – The Yardbirds
130. Flower King of Flies – The Nice
129. Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You – The Bee Gees
128. Season of the Witch – Vanilla Fudge
127. Om Nama Shivaya – Steve Hillage
126. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite – The Beatles

125. Girl on a Swing – Kevin Ayers
124. Reverberation – 13th Floor Elevators
123. Inside People – The Freeborne
122. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
121. Hot House of Omagarashid – The Yardbirds
120. Open My Mind – Nazz
119. I’m Coming Home – The Deviants
118. The Murder Mystery – Velvet Underground
117. The Hum Gum Tree – The World of Oz
116. The Ballad of Freddie and Harry – Clear Light
115. Flight from Ashiya – Kaleidoscope (U.K.)
114. Children of the Sun – The Misunderstood
113. The Parable of Arable Land – The Red Crayola
112. Castle in The Clouds – Gong
111. Lady Rachel – Kevin Ayers
110. Real Life Permanent Dream – Tomorrow
109. I Can Hear the Grass Grow – The Move
108. She Comes in Colors – Love
107. I Can’t See Your Face in My Mind—The Doors
106. A Question of Temperature – The Balloon Farm
105. SF Sorrow Is Born – The Pretty Things
104. We Did It Again – Soft Machine
103. Cloud Song – The United States of America
102. Dear Mr. Fantasy – Traffic
101. Dark Star – Grateful Dead

100. March of the Flower Children – The Seeds
99. Hope for Happiness – Soft Machine
98. Life Is Just Beginning – The Creation
97. Coloured Rain – Traffic
96. Tiptoe on the Highest Hill – Twink
95. Upside Down – Hawkwind
94. Section 43 – Country Joe and the Fish
93. Happenings Ten Years Time from Now – The Yardbirds
92. My Friend Jack – The Smoke
91. Iron Butterfly Theme – Iron Butterfly
90. Matilda Mother – Pink Floyd
89. A Child’s Smile – Clear Light
88. Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies – The Association
87. Time Has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers
86. Fantasy – Fifty Foot Hose
85. Magic Man – Caravan
84. Lather – Jefferson Airplane
83. 2000 Light Years from Home – The Rolling Stones
82. Paranoia #2 – Hawkwind
81. No Way Out – The Chocolate Watch Band
80. The Gnome – Pink Floyd
79. Flashback – Moving Sidewalks
78. Walking Thru My Dreams – The Pretty Things
77. Creation – The Incredible String Band
76. Pat’s Song – Country Joe and the Fish

75. Madman Running Through the Fields – Dantalian’s Chariot
74. Rosemary – Grateful Dead
73. War in Peace – Skip Spence
72. Fresh Air – Quicksilver Messenger Service
71. Ritual #1 – West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
70. I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time – Third Bardo
69. Third Stone from the Sun – Jimi Hendrix
68. The Lake – Moby Grape
67. Armenia City in the Sky – The Who
66. Now Your Time Has Come – Tomorrow
65. Translucent Carriages – Pearls Before Swine
64. Just the Thought – Eric Burdon and The Animals
63. Hurdy Gurdy Glissando – Steve Hillage
62. Two Weeks Last Summer – Dave Cousins
61. Paper Sun – Traffic
60. OXO – Bruce Palmer
59. In Another Land – The Rolling Stones
58. Leiyla – West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
57. Ether Ships – Steve Hillage
56. The Beauty of Time Is That It’s Snowing – Steve Miller Band
55. Splash 1 – 13th Floor Elevators
54. Happiness Stan – Small Faces
53. Orange & Red Beams – Eric Burdon and The Animals
52. Heaven Is in Your Mind – Traffic
51. Mechanical World – Spirit

50. Keep Your Mind Open – Kaleidoscope
49. Nightfall – The Incredible String Band
48. Astronomy Domine – Pink Floyd
47. Itchycoo Park – Small Faces
46. And the Gods Made Love – Jimi Hendrix Experience
45. Set the Controls For The Heart of The Sun – Pink Floyd
44. Venus in Furs—Velvet Underground
43. Within You Without You – The Beatles
42. 10,000 Words In a Cardboard Box – Aquarian Age
41. 1906 – West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
40. Hallucinations – Tim Buckley
39. Rack My Mind – The Yardbirds
38. Not to Touch the Earth – The Doors
37. Eight Miles High – The Byrds
36. Roller Coaster – 13th Floor Elevators
35. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix Experience
34. Bracelets of Fingers – The Pretty Things
33. Blue Jay Way – The Beatles
32. Shifting Sands – West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
31. Time of the Season–The Zombies

30. I Am a Tangerine – Tommy James and the Shondells
29. Grace – Country Joe and the Fish
28. Electrallentando – H.P. Lovecraft
27. Beacon from Mars – Kaleidoscope (US)
26. Help I’m a Rock – Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

25. Rain- The Beatles
24. Sybil Green (of the In-Between) The Blues Magoos
23. White Bird – It’s a Beautiful Day
22. Other Side of The Sky – Gong
20. Magoo – Country Joe and The Fish
21. Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
19. Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan
18. Sky Pilot – Eric Burdon and The Animals
17. The American Metaphysical Circus – The United States of America
16. Still I’m Sad – The Yardbirds
15. In a Gadda-da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
14. Mountains of the Moon – The Grateful Dead
13. Mind Gardens – The Byrds
12. Strange Days – The Doors
11. At the Mountains of Madness – H.P. Lovecraft
10. 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) – Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. Bass Strings – Country Joe and the Fish
8. Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds – The Beatles
7. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
6. See Emily Play – Pink Floyd
5. Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
4. The Red Telephone – Love
3. I Am the Walrus- The Beatles
2. My White Bicycle – Tomorrow
1. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles

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