I Don't Live Today

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 This article does not cite any references or sources. (May 2007)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.
“I Don't Live Today”
“I Don't Live Today” cover
Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Album Are You Experienced
Released May 12, 1967 (UK)
Genre Psychedelic Rock
Length 3:58
Label Track Records (UK)
Writer Jimi Hendrix
Producer Chas Chandler
Are You Experienced track listing

Side 1

  1. "Foxy Lady"
  2. "Manic Depression"
  3. "Red House"
  4. "Can You See Me"
  5. "Love or Confusion"
  6. "I Don't Live Today"

Side 2

  1. "May This Be Love"
  2. "Fire"
  3. "3rd Stone from the Sun"
  4. "Remember"
  5. "Are You Experienced"

'I Don't Live Today' is a song, written and first performed by famed guitarist Jimi Hendrix. The original (mono only) version appeared on his debut album Are You Experienced, released throughout most of the world (except USA & Canada).

"I Don't Live Today", is also included on Hendrix's 2003 album Live at Berkeley: 2nd Show. The live Berkeley version plays 5:26, while the studio recorded version on Are You Experienced? plays only 3:55. The studio version also includes the spoken statement by Jimi: "There ain't no life nowhere."

[edit] Notes


v • d • e
Jimi Hendrix
Band
members
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Gypsy Sun and Rainbows
Jimi Hendrix • Billy Cox • Larry Lee • Juma Sultan • Jerry Velez • Mitch Mitchell
Band of Gypsys
Original
releases
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Posthumous
releases
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Anticipated
releases
Songs
"All Along the Watchtower" • "Angel" • "Are You Experienced?" • "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" • "Can You See Me" • "Castles Made of Sand" • "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)" • "Crosstown Traffic" • "51st Anniversary" • "Fire" • "Foxy Lady" • "Freedom" • "Gypsy Eyes" • "Here He Comes (Lover Man)" • "Hey Joe" • "Highway Chile" • "I Don't Live Today" • "If 6 Was 9" • "Little Wing" • "Machine Gun" • "Manic Depression" • "My Friend" • "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" • "Purple Haze" • "Red House" • "Spanish Castle Magic" • "The Star-Spangled Banner" • "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" • "Stone Free" • "Third Stone from the Sun" • "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" • "Voodoo Chile" • "Wild Thing" • "The Wind Cries Mary"
Related
articles