Purple Haze - Covers of And References To "Purple Haze"

Covers of And References To "Purple Haze"

Bill Cosby used "Purple Haze" as the basis for title track of his album Hooray for the Salvation Army Band, although Hendrix does not receive a songwriting credit on the label. Johhny Jones & the King Casuals covered "Purple Haze" in 1968. Hendrix was a member of The King Casuals prior to his solo career. A pop version by Dion reached number 72 in Canada in February 1969. In 1973, in National Lampoon's Lemmings, a parody of Woodstock, John Belushi's Joe Cocker parody "Lonely at the Bottom" refers to the late 1960s as "days of Purple Haze and freon". In the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, the character Lance deploys a purple smoke grenade on the boat and sings the song, while on LSD.

In Cheech & Chong's film Nice Dreams, released in 1981 by Columbia Pictures, when the protagonists are in a mental institution, a black patient dressed like Jimi Hendrix (played by Michael Winslow) sings a parody version of "Purple Haze" (Sample lyric: "'Scuse me while I eat this fly"). A live recording of the song is featured in the opening credits of the 1983 comedy-drama film of the same name. Near the end of the Huey Lewis and the News 1984 song "I Want a New Drug", the famous intro to "Purple Haze" can be heard as the music fades out. Los Angeles art rock band The Fibonaccis recorded a discordant avant-garde cover of "Purple Haze" in 1984, releasing a psychedelic music video for the song the same year. San Francisco string quartet Kronos Quartet play "Purple Haze" live regularly; the song is included on their album Kronos Quartet (1986) and on the music DVD In Accord (2000). Mr. Mister also played the song live during their 1986 tour.

A version by the Art Ensemble of Chicago is featured on their album Ancient to the Future, which was released in 1987. The song "Purple Haze" is played in the movie Masters of the Universe from 1987 starring Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren. The band Winger performed a cover of the song on their self-titled debut album released by Atlantic Records in 1988. The song was featured in the 1988 action film Shakedown. A heavy version of the song has been performed live by Ozzy Osbourne at the Moscow Music Peace Festival, a one-time gathering of high-profile hard rock acts who put on a concert for the people in Moscow, Soviet Union on 12 and 13 August 1989 to promote world peace. This version is featured on the compilation album Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell, which was released in the same year. The Traveling Wilburys song "End of the Line", released in 1989, contains the lyrics "Maybe somewhere down the road a ways / You'll think of me and wonder where I am these days / Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays / Purple Haze".

Frank Zappa performs a parody version of the song on 1991 live album The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, recorded in 1988. The Bobs recorded an a cappella version of "Purple Haze" in 1991. A version of "Purple Haze" by Tangerine Dream is on the group's concert album 220 Volt Live, which was recorded live in the US in 1992. A version by The Cure is the first track on 1993 tribute album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. In the film Apollo 13, released in 1995, Jim Lovell's oldest daughter was playing "Purple Haze" before watching Apollo 13's live broadcast from space.

The Party Zone pinball machine, made in 1991, featured a version of "Purple Haze" in it's sound package, which was played when the player had achieved The Big Bang during multiball, or had locked one of the balls and sunk the other. "Purple Haze" is officially licensed for use by "The Party Zone".

The song was made available to download on October 12, 2010 for use in the Rock Band 3 music gaming platform in Basic rhythm mode, and a PRO mode update released on December 20, 2011 which takes advantage of the use of a real guitar, along with standard MIDI-compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to harmony vocals.

In an episode of My Wife and Kids, Michael Kyle shows his son and his friend his guitar skills by playing the song; he also lit the guitar on fire and played it with his tongue. A copy of the single was found in a CD player in one of Uday Hussein's luxury vehicles. In the 2006 song "Dimension" by the Australian band Wolfmother, they use the lyrics "Purple Haze is in the sky". The intro to "Purple Haze" can be heard during the guitar solo of the song "Dani California" a single by The Red Hot Chili Peppers released on May 1, 2006.

In 2007, the Buena Vista Social Club covered this song in the album Rhythms del Mundo Classics.

The piece One Winged Angel, from Final Fantasy VII by Nobuo Uematsu, is inspired by "Purple Haze" including its famous intro.

A live version of the song (recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California and not Woodstock, contrary to popular belief) appears alongside "The Wind Cries Mary" in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour.

D.H. Peligro, ex-drummer of the Dead Kennedys, recently recorded a punk rock cover of "Purple Haze", which was nominated for a Grammy Award. Seattle band Eclipse Revolution covered "Purple Haze" live.

A rock band in East London (South Africa) called "The Purple Haze" in the late 60's.

Brian May and his early band 1984 record "Purple Haze" on March 31, 1967 at Thames Television in Broom Lane Studios, Teddington, UK.

In the Bamboo Blade anime, the character Sayako Kuwahara stated that she wanted to play guitar after hearing the song.

On November 18, 2010 in Paris, France, Adam Lambert covered the song, as an encore, at a live performance at the Trabendo. Almost immediately, "purple haze" became an international Twitter trend.

In 2011, the cello/bassoon duo Paradox recorded a cover of "Purple Haze" on their CD titled MiX-5: Premiere Recordings for Bassoon and Cello.

A version of the song was recorded by Tommy Emmanuel.

The song is played at East Carolina Pirates home football games when the Pirates take the field (hence their colors being purple and gold).