Sit with the Guru

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"Sit With The Guru"
Single by Strawberry Alarm Clock
from the album Wake Up...It's Tomorrow
B-side "Pretty Song from Psych-Out"
Released1968
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length2:59
Label UNI Records
UNI 55018
Songwriter(s) Ed King, Mark Weitz, Roy Freeman
Producer(s) Frank Slay, Bill Holmes
Strawberry Alarm Clock singles chronology
"Tomorrow"
(1967)
"Sit With The Guru"
(1968)
"Barefoot in Baltimore"
(1968)

"Sit with the Guru" was a song recorded and released by Strawberry Alarm Clock in 1968. It was included on the band's second album, Wake Up...It's Tomorrow . [1] "Sit with the Guru" went to No. 65 on the US, Hot 100.

The band re-recorded a much longer version of this song for their 2012 studio album Wake Up Where You Are, including more significant sitar.

Chart performance

Chart (1968)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 65

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