White Room

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"White Room"
Single by Cream
from the album Wheels of Fire
B-side	Those Were the Days
Released	October 1968
Recorded	July 1967-April 1968 at Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre	Psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length	4:56 (album version) 3:04 (single version)[1]
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Jack Bruce Pete Brown
Producer	Felix Pappalardi
Cream singles chronology
"Spoonful" (1968) "White Room" (1968) "Crossroads" (1969)

"White Room", written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, is a single by Cream from their 1968 album Wheels of Fire.

After bassist Jack Bruce wrote the guitar pieces, Cream's lyricist, poet Pete Brown, grouped colourful four-syllable phrases, loosely organised around images of waiting in an English railway station influenced by the drugs he was taking. "White Room" is further noted for its unusual time signature of 5/4 in the introduction and bridge, with triplets played on toms by Ginger Baker, his thunderous bass drum part also lacing the verses.^{[citation needed]} Finally, "White Room" is notable for showcasing guitarist Eric Clapton's best known use of the Vox Clyde McCoy Picture Wah in the bridge and extended solo.^{[citation needed]}

Along with "Sunshine of Your Love" and "Crossroads", "White Room" is one of Cream's most notable songs, having reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 28 on the UK Singles Chart.

"White Room" was placed at #367 on the 2004 List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"White Room" is played after wins at Keyspan Park for the Brooklyn Cyclones.

"White Room" was featured in the Xbox and PC versions of the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. A cover of "White Room" appeared as a playable track in the 2008 music video game Rock Revolution. The song is also featured at the conclusion of the Entourage episode, "The Resurrection".

"White Room" was prominently featured in the soundtrack of Episode 9 of the ABC TV Network series "Life on Mars."

Covers

"White Room" has been covered by the following artists:

• Waylon Jennings
• Robert M. K. Hinz/Julia Degenhardt
• Joel Grey
• Frank Gambale (in a jazz fusion style)
• Iron Butterfly
• Pat Travers on the album "Power Trio"
• Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (with Jack Bruce, and two or three drummers doing the triplets in unison)
• Helloween
• Demons & Wizards
• Ring of Fire ^{[disambiguation needed]}
• Iced Earth
• Jimmy Barnes
• The Bobs
• The Guess Who
• The Vines
• The Stranglers
• Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams on the album Nosferatu.
• Vassar Clements and an all star lineup on the album Full Circle
• BBM
• The song was performed by Eric Clapton in the Philadelphia leg of the Live Aid concert in 1985 with Phil Collins playing drums
• Eric Clapton performed it live on his recorded 24 Nights concert.
• Sheryl Crow performed it with Clapton during her Central Park concert
• Eric Clapton also performed the song on his After Midnight Concert, which was also recorded.
• Rik Emmett