Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
“Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” is a song written by Mickey Newbury. Said to reflect the LSD experience, the song was intended to be a warning against the danger of using LSD. First recorded in 1967 by Jerry Lee Lewis, who rejected it, it was a hit for The First Edition (with Kenny Rogers on lead vocals) in 1968. It was Rogers’s first top ten hit in the Billboard charts, but was not typical of the country folk harmonies that characterized most of The First Edition’s catalog.[1] However, the group was already familiar with rock music, bouncing from country, to pop, to rock, and to folk music. The innovative song features Rogers on lead vocals and was the group’s second single. The psychedelic hard rock arrangement made quite an impression in the music field. According to Rogers, “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” was Jimi Hendrix’s favorite song.
