Number 194 of the Top 200 Songs of All-Time: Stoned Soul Picnic

The Fifth Dimension are rarely talked about as an all-time great  group, but think of that harmony, those voices, so many terrific songs like Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine, Sweet Blindness, Up Up and Away, Wedding Bell Blues, etc. None were better than Stoned Soul Picnic. 



The song was written by Laura Nyro. When she was asked what  Surry meant in the context of the song, according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Dimension, she said it was a nice word.

The Fifth Dimension made this song into a huge hit in 1968 from the Album of the Same Name. It was Number 17 for the year.
Lots of great songs in 1968. 8 of my Top 200 come from that year.

Best Lyric from Stoned Soul Picnic:

"There'll be trains of trust, trains of golden dust. Come along surry on, sweet train of gold. Surry on down"

Ladies and Gentlemen, Number 194 of my Top 200 Songs of All-Time, Stoned Soul Picnic by the Fifth Dimension




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