<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 and, in 1968, a chart hit for Kenny Rogers and the First Edition . Said to reflect the LSD experience, the song was intended to be a warning about the dangers of using the drug . 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 covered the song on his album Soul My Way released November 1, 1967 . </P> <P> "Just Dropped In ..." by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition (with Kenny Rogers on lead vocals) peaked at number five on the Billboard charts . It was Rogers' first top ten hit . The song captures the short - lived psychedelic era of the late 1960s, 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>

Who sang just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in