\"White Room\" is a psychedelic rock song by British supergroup Cream, written by bassist Jack Bruce and poet Pete Brown. It originally appeared on the US release of their double album \"Wheels of Fire\" by Atco Records in July 1968 and was released as a single in September 1968 on the same label.The single reached the top 30 in 7 countries, including Australia. White Room\" was placed at #376 on the 2004 (and its 2010 update) List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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The backing track for \"White Room\" was recorded while the band was on tour with an 8-track tape recorder, rare at that time. Jack Bruce sang and played bass on the song, Eric Clapton played overdubbed guitars, Ginger Baker played drums and a timpani, and Felix Pappalardi -- the group's producer -- contributed by playing violas.Clapton played a Fender Stratocaster through a wah-wah pedal to achieve a \"talking-effect\".
\"White Room\" has been covered by the following artists: Jeff Healey, as featured on Classic Rock Magazine's Guitarmageddon Vol. 2 compilation giveaway, issue 136, Waylon Jennings, Joel Grey, Frank Gambale (in a jazz fusion style), Iron Butterfly, Flower Travellin' Band on the album Challenge, Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (with Jack Bruce, Peter Frampton on guitar, Gary Brooker on keyboard, Mark Rivera on saxophone and tambourine and two drummers (Ringo and Simon Kirke) doing the triplets in unison), Helloween, Demons and Wizards, Ring of Fire, 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; and Sheryl Crow performed it with Clapton during her Central Park concert. Eric Clapton also performed the song on his After Midnight Concert.
