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1967 single by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago"
Single by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
from the album The Eggplant That Ate Chicago
A-side
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago"
B-side
"You Can't Fight City Hall Blues"
Released
1967
Genre
Novelty[1]
Length
2:41
Songwriter(s)
Norman Greenbaum
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" is a song about alien invasion by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. Its author, Norman Greenbaum, later wrote and performed "Spirit in the Sky" to greater chart success.[2] It was re released on Dr. Demento Presents: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume III: The 1960s in 1985.
In Australia, it appeared on the Festival compilation Operation Big Time![3] in 1967.
^DeRogatis, Jim (July 30, 2003). "Rock and roll's best and worst Chicago songs". Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^Nichol, Tom (2006-12-24). "A 'Spirit' From the '60s That Won't Die" (New York Times web reprint). The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
^"Operation Big Time!". majesticcompilations.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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