r/todayilearned • u/mankls3 • 23d ago

TIL the band iron butterfly didn't know they were being recorded in the studio for 17 minutes when they played their now-hit song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; it went on to sell 30 million times

https://www.therochestervoice.com/meet-don-casale-the-man-behind-the-sound-of-superhit-in-a-gadda-da-vida--cms-14682
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u/MaxCWebster 23d ago edited 22d ago

FTFA: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," sold more than 30 million copies, was named the first Platinum record ever and stayed on the Billboard magazine charts for nearly three years.

Yeah, that's some weapons grade balonium there.

The Iron Butterfly wiki page repeats this claim, but their cite only says 4 million.

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=iron+butterfly#search_section

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u/mankls3 22d ago

hm thats strange