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Fact #112089

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The Zombies finish recording A Rose For Emily in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK. They also spend the first of two days recording Hung Up On A Dream. Both tracks will appear on their second album Odessy And Oracle.

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Chris White (bassist and songwriter, The Zombies) : Hung Up On A Dream was our token flower power song, but we were never influenced by psychedelic drugs or any drugs whatsoever. There was this one period where there was this incredible hope; around the time of Monterey, and we believed in it too, it wasn't cynical.
(Source : interview with Alec Palao for 1997 re-issue box set Zombie Heaven)

Rod Argent (keyboards and songwriter, The Zombies) : The song wasn't at all about an acid trip. I always hated the idea of taking drugs, it seemed a crude way to mess with the mind. We were all very straight. All I remember about the writing of that song was that we'd just discovered the mellotron, and that was a bit of an inspiration.
(Source : interview with Alec Palao for 1997 re-issue box set Zombie Heaven)

Paul (The Zombies) : My favourite track on the whole album was Hung Up On A Dream, plus I had a solo in it!
(Source : interview with Alec Palao for 1997 re-issue box set Zombie Heaven)