| "South California Purples" | ||||
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| Song by Chicago from the album The Chicago Transit Authority | ||||
| Released | April 28, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | January 1969 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 6:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia Records | |||
| Writer | Robert Lamm | |||
| Producer | James William Guercio | |||
| The Chicago Transit Authority track listing | ||||
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"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).
The song quotes the opening line from The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus:"
A live version appears on 1971's Chicago at Carnegie Hall, lasting over fifteen minutes.