Editing Jefferson Airplane (section)

=== Notable tracks ===

==== "Somebody to Love" ====

Originally written and recorded by [[The Great Society]] under the title "Someone to Love", 
the song was composed by Grace Slick's then-brother-in-law Darby Slick. Jefferson Airplane's 
version, re-arranged and re-titled, was released as a single in April 1967 and reached 
number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Grace Slick's forceful vocal performance transformed 
the song's folk-rock template into something far more urgent and electric. The song became 
one of the anthems of the Summer of Love.

==== "White Rabbit" ====

Written entirely by Grace Slick, "White Rabbit" draws on the imagery of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s 
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking-Glass'' as a vehicle for 
psychedelic allusion. The song builds from a quiet, bolero-like opening — influenced, 
Slick has said, by [[Miles Davis]]'s ''[[Sketches of Spain]]'' — to a climactic final line 
delivered at full force. Released as the B-side to "Somebody to Love" before becoming a 
hit in its own right, it reached number 8 on the Hot 100.

The song's use of Carroll's imagery — mushrooms, pills, talking animals — was widely 
understood as an endorsement of drug use, and it was among the first rock songs to deal 
with the subject using literary metaphor rather than direct reference.

==== "Embryonic Journey" ====

A solo acoustic guitar piece by Jorma Kaukonen, "Embryonic Journey" stands apart from 
the rest of the album in both texture and intent. A piece of intricate fingerpicking 
in an open tuning, it demonstrates Kaukonen's roots in acoustic blues and anticipates 
the direction he and Jack Casady would pursue with [[Hot Tuna]].