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"If 6 Was 9"
Song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
from the album Axis: Bold as Love
Released	December 1, 1967 (1967-12-01) (UK) January 15, 1968 (US)
Recorded	May 4–5, 1967
Studio	Olympic, London
Genre	Psychedelia acid rock space rock experimental proto-prog blues rock
Length	5:32^[1]
Label	Track (UK) Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)	Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)	Chas Chandler

"If 6 Was 9" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was released on their second album Axis: Bold as Love (1967). It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1969 film Easy Rider and the soundtrack for the 1991 film Point Break.

Style and instrumentation

The style of the song has been referred to as "acid-fueled blues".^[2] The guitar solo makes innovative use of studio technology for the time, with stereo panning from left to right and vice versa, along with other effects, such as slap echo, fuzzbox distortion, and reverb.^[3]

Lyrics

Sara Pendergast described it as an "individualist anthem".^[4] The lyrics portray the underlying conflict of the counterculture of the 1960s: the "social and cultural dichotomies" between the hippies and the "white collared conservative" business world of the establishment. Beginning with a blues riff, the lyrics accompany a "spacey" free-form jam, with Hendrix epitomizing the existentialist voice of the youth movement: "I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die/so let me live my life/the way I want to."^[5]

Authors Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek believe the lyrics, "if the mountains fell into the sea" are a reference to the creation myth of the second world of Hopi mythology.^[6] Frank Waters' Book of the Hopi (1963) was known to have influenced Hendrix, and many of his songs contain mythological themes and images related to Native Americans in the United States.^[7]

Various urban legends based on numerology have developed around the meaning of number 9 in the song and Hendrix's death in 1970.^[8]

Renditions

In 1991, Beautiful People adapted the song as "If 60's Was 90's" for the album If 60's Were 90's.^[9] Written by group leader Du Kane, it reached 74 on the UK Singles Chart^[10] and number five on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

Notes

^ From US Reprise Records monaural promotional album (original UK Track and US Reprise albums did not list running times)
^ Newquist, HP (2003). The Blues-Rock Masters. Backbeat Books. p. 32. ISBN 0-87930-735-8.
^ Prown, Pete; Newquist, HP (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Hal Leonard. p. 50. ISBN 0-7935-4042-9.
^ Pendergast, Sara (2000). "Jimi Hendrix". St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. St. James Press.
^ Vincent, Ricky (1996). Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One. St. Martin's Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-312-13499-1.
^ Shapiro & Glebbeek 1995, p. 225.
^ Shapiro & Glebbeek 1995, p. 148.
^ Patterson, Gary R. (2004). Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses. Simon and Schuster. p. 200. ISBN 0-7432-4423-0.
^ Washburn, Jim (May 5, 1994). "Beautiful People "If 60's Were 90's" / Continuum Records". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
^ "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 21, 2013.

References

Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1995). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. New York City: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-13062-7.

Jimi Hendrix related articles

v t e Jimi Hendrix
Original studio albums	Are You Experienced Axis: Bold as Love Electric Ladyland
Posthumous studio albums	The Cry of Love Rainbow Bridge War Heroes Loose Ends Crash Landing Midnight Lightning Nine to the Universe Voodoo Soup First Rays of the New Rising Sun South Saturn Delta Valleys of Neptune People, Hell and Angels Both Sides of the Sky
Live albums	Band of Gypsys Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival Experience Isle of Wight Hendrix in the West More Experience The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Jimi Plays Monterey Johnny B. Goode Band of Gypsys 2 Live at Winterland Radio One Stages Live Isle of Wight '70 Woodstock BBC Sessions Live at the Fillmore East Live at Woodstock Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight Live at Berkeley Live at Monterey Winterland Miami Pop Festival Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts Live in Maui Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969
Anthologies and retrospective albums	Smash Hits Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix The Essential Jimi Hendrix The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two The Singles Album Kiss the Sky Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show Cornerstones: 1967–1970 Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story The Ultimate Experience Blues South Saturn Delta Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection The Singles Collection Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
Official bootlegs	Live at the Oakland Coliseum Live at Clark University Morning Symphony Ideas Live in Ottawa Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 Hear My Music Live at the Isle of Fehmarn Burning Desire Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968 Live at Woburn Live in Cologne
Concert tours	The Cry of Love Tour
Films, books, and tributes	Rainbow Bridge Jimi Hendrix Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Hendrix Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Room Full of Mirrors An Illustrated Experience Becoming Jimi Hendrix Jimi: All Is by My Side
Related people and acts	Curtis Knight Lonnie Youngblood Jimmy James and the Blue Flames The Jimi Hendrix Experience Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Chas Chandler Eddie Kramer Roger Mayer Michael Jeffery Billy Cox Buddy Miles Alan Douglas Leon Hendrix Kathy Etchingham Monika Dannemann
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Category

v t e Jimi Hendrix songs
Are You Experienced (UK and US)	"Foxy Lady" "Manic Depression" "Red House" "I Don't Live Today" "May This Be Love" "Fire" "Third Stone from the Sun" "Are You Experienced?" "Purple Haze" "Hey Joe" "The Wind Cries Mary"
Axis: Bold as Love	"Up from the Skies" "Spanish Castle Magic" "Wait Until Tomorrow" "Little Wing" "If 6 Was 9" "Castles Made of Sand" "One Rainy Wish" "Bold as Love"
Smash Hits (UK and US)	"Stone Free" "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" "Highway Chile" "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
Electric Ladyland	"Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" "Crosstown Traffic" "Voodoo Chile" "Come On (Part One)" "Gypsy Eyes" "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) "All Along the Watchtower" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
Band of Gypsys	"Machine Gun"
Historic Performances at Monterey Pop	"Like a Rolling Stone" "Rock Me Baby" "Wild Thing"
The Cry of Love	"Freedom" "Ezy Ryder" "Night Bird Flying" "Angel"
Rainbow Bridge	"Dolly Dagger" "The Star-Spangled Banner" "Hear My Train A Comin'" "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"
Hendrix in the West	"The Queen" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" "Johnny B. Goode" "Blue Suede Shoes"
War Heroes	"Bleeding Heart" "Peter Gunn" "Stepping Stone"
Loose Ends	"The Drifter's Escape" "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
...And a Happy New Year	"The Little Drummer Boy" "Silent Night" "Auld Lang Syne"
Radio One/ BBC Sessions	"Day Tripper" "Killing Floor" "Hound Dog" "I Was Made to Love Her" "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" "Sunshine of Your Love"
Other compilations	"Gloria" "Peace in Mississippi" "Born Under a Bad Sign" "Mannish Boy" "It's Too Bad" "Dear Mr. Fantasy" "Valleys of Neptune" "Tears of Rage" "Things I Used to Do" "Testify" "Mercy, Mercy"
Lists	List of songs (sortable)

Jimi Hendrix singles discography

(1967–1982)

1967	"Purple Haze" / "51st Anniversary" "Hey Joe" / "51st Anniversary"^† "Purple Haze"^† / "The Wind Cries Mary" "Foxey Lady" / "Hey Joe"^†
1968	"Up from the Skies" / "One Rainy Wish" "All Along the Watchtower" / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" "Crosstown Traffic" / "Gypsy Eyes"
1969	"Stone Free" / "If 6 Was 9"
1970	"Stepping Stone" / "Izabella"
1971	"Freedom" / "Angel" "Dolly Dagger" / "The Star-Spangled Banner" (studio)
1972	"Johnny B. Goode"^‡ / "Lover Man"^‡ "The Wind Cries Mary"^‡ / "Little Wing"^‡
1982	"Fire"^‡ / "Little Wing"^‡

(1966–1990)

1966	"Hey Joe" / "Stone Free"
1967	"Purple Haze" / "51st Anniversary" "The Wind Cries Mary" / "Highway Chile" "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" / "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice"
1968	"All Along the Watchtower" / "Long Hot Summer Night"
1969	"Crosstown Traffic" / "Gypsy Eyes" "Let Me Light Your Fire" [sic] / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"^†
1970	"Voodoo Chile" [sic] / "Hey Joe"^† & "All Along the Watchtower"^†
1971	"Angel" / "Night Bird Flying" "Gypsy Eyes"^† & "Remember" / "Purple Haze"^† & "Stone Free"^†
1972	"Johnny B. Goode"^‡ / "Little Wing"^‡
1973	"Hear My Train A Comin'"^‡ (solo acoustic) / "Rock Me Baby"^‡
1982	"Fire"^‡ / "Are You Experienced?"^‡
1990	"Crosstown Traffic"^† / "Voodoo Chile"^† [sic] "All Along the Watchtower"^† / "Voodoo Chile"^† [sic] & "Hey Joe"^†

International

(1997–present)

1997	"Dolly Dagger"^† / "Night Bird Flying"^†
1999	"The Star-Spangled Banner"^‡ / "Purple Haze"^‡
2010	"Valleys of Neptune" / "Cat Talkin' to Me" "Bleeding Heart" / "Jam 292" "Love or Confusion" / "12 Bar with Horns"
2011	"Fire" / "Touch You" "Johnny B. Goode"^‡^† / "Purple Haze"^‡ "Like a Rolling Stone"^‡ / "Spanish Castle Magic"^‡
2012	"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"^‡ / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"^‡ "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)" / "Calling All the Devil's Children"
2013	"Somewhere" / "Foxy Lady" "Fire"^‡ / "Foxey Lady"^‡ "Dolly Dagger"^† / "The Star-Spangled Banner"^† (studio)
2015	"Purple Haze"^‡ / "Freedom"^‡
2018	"Mannish Boy" / "Trash Man"

Notes: ^† indicates a re-release, ^‡ indicates a live recording

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