All Along the Watchtower
1968
Hendrix took Dylan's parable and lit it, and Dylan has played it Hendrix's way ever since.
★ 9.2
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Purple Haze
1967
The intro is a tritone, medieval music's forbidden interval, and Roger Mayer's new Octavia pedal makes the solo scream.
★ 8.9
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)Jimi Hendrix
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
1968
Cut May 3, 1968 with an ABC film crew rolling, and it became Hendrix's only British number one, posthumously.
★ 7.8
Little Wing
1967
A glockenspiel, a Leslie speaker meant for organs, and Hendrix fading out after two minutes and twenty-five seconds.
★ 7.6
Hey Joe
1966
Hendrix took Tim Rose's slow arrangement off a jukebox, Chandler hired the Breakaways, and Britain answered at number six.
★ 7.4
Foxey Lady
1967
One note shaken into a wide vibrato, then feedback, then the sharp-ninth chord that carries his name.
★ 6.9
The Wind Cries MaryJimi Hendrix
The Wind Cries Mary
1967
Twenty minutes at the tail end of the Fire session, and Hendrix trading fire for something quiet and blue.
★ 5.9