South California Purples

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“South California Purples”
Single by Chicago
from the album The Chicago Transit Authority
Recorded January 1969
Genre Blues rock, Hard rock
Length 6:11
Label Columbia Records
Writer(s) Robert Lamm
Producer James William Guercio

"South California Purples" is a song written and sung by Robert Lamm for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their debut album The Chicago Transit Authority (1969).

A live version appears on 1971's Chicago at Carnegie Hall, lasting over fifteen minutes.

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The song quotes the opening line from The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus:" "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together."