The song featured regularly in concerts and each of Hendrix's group configurations issued live recordings. 'Purple Haze' is one of Hendrix's best-known songs and appears on many Hendrix compilation albums.
It was included as the opening track in the North American edition of the Experience's debut album, Are You Experienced (1967). Because of ambiguities in the lyrics, listeners often interpret the song as referring to a psychedelic experience, although Hendrix described it as a love song. The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Eastern modalities, shaped by novel sound processing techniques. ' Purple Haze' is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967.
