Touch of Grey
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"Touch of Grey" is a popular Grateful Dead song, best known for its upbeat, resilient chorus ("I will get by") and for being the band's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Touch of Grey canonical | 4 |
| Shade of Grey | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | In the Dark ⓘ |
| artist | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Jerry Garcia Band ⓘ |
| bSide | My Brother Esau ⓘ |
| chartedIn |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot 100
|
| composer | Jerry Garcia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInMusicVideo | Grateful Dead skeleton puppets ⓘ |
| firstLivePerformanceDate | 1982-09-15 ⓘ |
| firstLivePerformanceLocation |
Capital Centre
ⓘ
surface form:
Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
|
| genre |
psychedelic rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
I will get by
ⓘ
I Will Survive ⓘ
surface form:
I will survive
|
| hasCulturalImpact | became an anthem of perseverance for many fans ⓘ |
| hasKeyLyric |
It's even worse than it appears, but it's all right
ⓘ
We will get by, we will survive ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersions | multiple Grateful Dead concert recordings ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Touch of Grey music video ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | I will get by, I will survive ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
optimism in adversity
ⓘ
resilience ⓘ |
| includedOn | Grateful Dead compilation albums ⓘ |
| isNotableFor | being the Grateful Dead's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:47 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Robert Hunter ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Gary Gutierrez ⓘ |
| partOf | Grateful Dead discography ⓘ |
| peakChartPosition | Billboard Hot 100 number 9 ⓘ |
| performer | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| producer |
Jerry Garcia
ⓘ
John Cutler ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1987 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Arista Records ⓘ |
| releasedAs | lead single from the album In the Dark ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-06 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shade of Grey