Everything about Foxy Lady totally explained
"Foxy Lady" (or
"Foxey Lady" as it's known in USA) is a song by
Jimi Hendrix from his
1967 album
Are You Experienced, featured as the lead track on the official UK edition. It can also be found on a number of his
greatest hits compilations, including
Smash Hits (
1968/
1969) and (
1997). The Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at #152 in their "
500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
The USA version of
Are You Experienced (also released in Canada) listed the song with a spelling mistake as "Foxey Lady" and this is how it's still known among USA fans and critics today. The song is best known for its repeated
guitar riff using the thumb on the lower string in F# and
solo, and is one of Hendrix's earliest uses of
feedback in a studio recording. The song is also known for its use of the
Hendrix chord.
Kathy Etchingham, Jimi's girlfriend at the time, claimed to be one of many inspirations for "Foxy Lady".
Popular references
The Cure covered the song on their 1979 album Three Imaginary Boys.
Red Hot Chili Peppers and ZZ Top sometimes cover this song live.
Paul McCartney occasionally plays this song after playing "Let Me Roll It"
This song appears on the soundtrack for Gran Turismo 2.
Dana Carvey mimes the song in the movie Wayne's World.
This song is played in an episode of Boston Legal.
Is played frequently on G3 tours during the G3 jam.
Roger Taylor's The Cross covered the song on their 1989 album, Mad:Bad:And Dangerous to Know.
Part of this song played in the Family Guy episode "Brian Sings and Swings".Further Information
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