Sweet Cherry Wine

"Sweet Cherry Wine" is a song by Tommy James and the Shondells from their 1969 album Cellophane Symphony. The song hit number seven on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and hit number six on the Canadian charts. This psychedelic song was released at the height of psychedelia and right after one previous psychedelic song by Tommy James and the Shondells, "Crimson and Clover", and before "Crystal Blue Persuasion". The song begins with the use of an organ, adds brass instruments, and ends with a solo flute that fades out at the end of the song. Adding to the psychedelia of this and other songs on the album was the then-new Moog synthesizer.

It is also a quiet protest of the Vietnam War. "Yesterday my friend went off marching to war...we ain't a marching anymore".

See also

• List of anti-war songs

References

Tommy James and the Shondells
Tommy James John Golden Bobby Guy Glenn Wyka
Studio albums	Hanky Panky It's Only Love I Think We're Alone Now Gettin' Together Mony Mony Crimson & Clover Cellophane Symphony The Best of Tommy James and The Shondells Travelin'
Singles	"Hanky Panky" "Say I Am (What I Am)" "It's Only Love" "Ya! Ya!" "I Think We're Alone Now" "Mirage" "Gettin' Together" "Mony Mony" "Do Something to Me" "Crimson and Clover" "Sweet Cherry Wine" "Crystal Blue Persuasion" "Ball of Fire" "She" "Gotta Get Back to You"
Cover Songs	"California Sun" "Good Lovin'" "I'll Go Crazy" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "Shake a Tail Feather" "Shout"
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