Stereogum

The Number Ones: The Strawberry Alarm Clock’s “Incense And Peppermints”

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Plenty of the ...
American Songwriter

The Story and Meaning Behind “Incense and Peppermints,” the Psychedelic Masterpiece by Strawberry Alarm Clock

At the height of one of the greatest years in the history of pop music, a band of teenagers with a bizarre name released a bizarre song with a bizarre story behind it. And they watched as it soared to ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1967: The Strawberry Alarm Clock Scored a No. 1 Hit with the Psychedelic Pop Classic “Incense and Peppermints”

There is some debate over the songwriting credits for “Incense and Peppermints.” The tune is credited with being co-written by producer/songwriter John S. Carter and Tim Gilbert, a singer/guitarist ...
Laweekly

The Strawberry Alarm Clock Celebrate 50 Years of "Incense and Peppermints"

The Strawberry Alarm Clock really shouldn’t be a band that people are talking about, much less writing about, in 2017. The psychedelic rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1967 and had a smash ...