White Rabbit / Plastic Fantastic Lover
by Jefferson Airplane
- Type: Single
- Released: 24 June 1967
- Label: RCA Victor
- Country: United States
- Length: 5:04
- Community rating: 4.62/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Rick Jarrard
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Brought to the band by Grace Slick from her time in The Great Society, 'White Rabbit' uses the imagery of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' as a thinly veiled metaphor for the emerging psychedelic drug culture. The track's creeping, snare-driven rhythm was directly modeled after Ravel's 'Bol茅ro', building intense, ascending momentum toward its climax. It became one of the defining anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love.
Genres
Descriptors: drugs, fantasy, melodic, fairy-tale, experimental
Tracklist
- White Rabbit (2:29)
- Plastic Fantastic Lover (2:35)
Credits
- Jefferson Airplane - primary artist
- Grace Slick - written-by
- Marty Balin - written-by