Verified listings:
- The Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie
- Motorcycle (Significance Of The Pickle) Song - Arlo Guthrie
Assumed/incorrect titles:
- I Don't Want A Pickle
- I Just Want To Ride On My Motorcycle
- I Just Want To Ride On My Motorsickle
Recording location:
- The Bitter End (New York, NY) (1968 live version)
Available on (*):
- 1967 LP Alice's Restaurant (Reprise 6267; studio version)
- 1968 LP Arlo (Reprise 6299, September, 1968; live version)
- 1977 LP The Best Of Arlo Guthrie (Warner Brothers BSK-3117; "Significance Of The Pickle" live version)
Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
- near-death experience
Alternate versions:
- The 1968 live version expands on the studio version by including a long spoken-word section about the writing of the song. This is the version Dr. Demento normally plays.
- The 1977 live version includes a re-telling of the story of the song's genesis, including the significance of the pickle.
Chart information:
- #17 1968 (as part of album Alice's Restaurant)
- #100 1968 (as part of album Arlo)
general information about Arlo Guthrie
General type of music:
- folk
Also recorded with:
- Pete Seeger
interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
- son of Woody Guthrie, the famous folk singer
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