Purple Haze is a song.
`` Purple Haze '' is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second record single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17 , 1967 . `` Purple Haze '' is one of Hendrix 's best-known songs and appears on many Hendrix compilation albums . It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is included on lists of the greatest guitar songs , including at number two by Rolling Stone and number one by Q magazine .