Sweet Cherry Wine

"Sweet Cherry Wine"
Single by Tommy James and the Shondells
from the album Cellophane Symphony
B-side "Breakaway"
Released March 1969
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 4:09
Label Roulette
Songwriter(s) Richard Grasso, Tommy James
Producer(s) Tommy James
Tommy James and the Shondells singles chronology
"Crimson and Clover"
(1968)		 "Sweet Cherry Wine"
(1969)		 "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
(1969)

"Crimson and Clover"
(1968)		 "Sweet Cherry Wine"
(1969)		 "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
(1969)

"Sweet Cherry Wine" is a song by Tommy James and the Shondells from their 1969 album Cellophane Symphony. The song hit number seven on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and hit number six on the Canadian charts. This psychedelic song was released at the height of psychedelia and right after one previous psychedelic song by Tommy James and the Shondells, "Crimson and Clover", and before "Crystal Blue Persuasion". The song begins with the use of an organ, adds brass instruments, and ends with a solo flute that fades out at the end of the song. Adding to the psychedelia of this and other songs on the album was the then-new Moog synthesizer.

James in an interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 2010 stated that the song "was about the blood of Jesus" and acknowledged many fans and peers assumed it was drug related.[2]

It is also a quiet protest of the Vietnam War. "Yesterday my friend went off marching to war...we ain't a marching anymore".

Chart performance

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tommy James and the Shondells, "Sweet Cherry Wine" U.S. Chart Position Retrieved February 7, 2015
  2. ↑ "Tommy James: Behind the Crystal Blue Persuasion (Extended Interview) - CBN.com" on Youtube.com
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6045." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  4. ↑ "Tommy James Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, 10 May 1969". Tropicalglen.com. Cash Box. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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