China Cat Sunflower
| "China Cat Sunflower" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Japanese single cover, 1969 | ||||
| Single by Grateful Dead | ||||
| from the album Aoxomoxoa | ||||
| B-side | "St. Stephen" | |||
| Released | June 20, 1969 | |||
| Studio | Pacific Recording Studios San Mateo, California | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Composer(s) | Jerry Garcia | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Robert Hunter | |||
| Producer(s) | Grateful Dead | |||
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"China Cat Sunflower" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which was first recorded for their 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and the music composed by Jerry Garcia. The song was typically sung by Garcia. The first live recording of this song appeared on Europe '72, paired (as was typical) with "I Know You Rider". Lyrically, this song has many literary references, including Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and Dame Edith Sitwell's "Polka".