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| - %22Voodoo Chile%22 is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded in 1968 for the third Jimi Hendrix Experience album Electric Ladyland. Music writer John Perry calls it %22interstellar hootchie kootchie%22, which blends Chicago blues and science fiction. At fifteen minutes, it is Hendrix's longest studio recording and features additional musicians in what has been described as a studio jam. It was recorded at the Record Plant in New York City after a late night jam session with Hendrix, Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, organist Steve Winwood, and bassist Jack Casady. %22Voodoo Chile%22 is based on earlier blues songs and became the basis for %22Voodoo Child (Slight Return)%22, recorded by the Experience the next day and one of Hendrix's best-known songs.%22Voodoo Chile%22 uses a phonetical approximation of %22child%22 pronounced without the %22d%22, a spelling that was also used for Hendrix's song %22Highway Chile%22. For the shorter Experience recording, Track Records in the UK used the title %22Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)%22 for the British Electric Ladyland and %22Voodoo Chile%22 for the 1970 UK single. Although many live recordings of %22Voodoo Child (Slight Return)%22 have been issued, only the three takes of the original studio jam, %22Voodoo Chile%22, are known to exist. A composite of the first two takes is included on the 1994 Blues album.
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