<Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Psychedelic pop </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Mickey Newbury </Td> </Tr> <P> "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" is a counterculture era song written by Mickey Newbury & first a chart hit for Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1968 . Said to reflect the LSD experience, the song was intended to be a warning against the danger of using LSD . First recorded on October 10, 1967 by Teddy Hill & the Southern Soul as a single on Rice Records (Rice 5028 b / w "Stagger Lee") and produced by Norro Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis soon covered the song for his album Soul My Way . </P> <P> In 1968, "Just Dropped In ..." was a hit for Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (with Kenny Rogers on lead vocals). It was Rogers' first top ten hit on the Billboard charts, where it peaked at number five . The song captures the short - lived psychedelic era of the late 1960s, and stands apart from the country folk harmonies that characterized most of the First Edition's catalog, and got the group their first national TV audience on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour . </P>

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