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“Touch of Grey” is a 1987 single by the Grateful Dead, and is the band’s biggest commercial hit. The song is known for its refrain “I will get by / I will survive”. It combines non sequitur lyrics with a pop tempo. The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the words are by Robert Hunter. It was also released as a music video, the first one by the Grateful Dead. First performed as an encore on September 15th, 1982 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, it was finally released on In the Dark in 1987, and went to the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the only song by the band ever to do so on both charts. It was released as a single with “My Brother Esau” and later “Throwing Stones”, and has appeared on a number of... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ So the kids they dance they shake their bones ... Singing ashes, ashes all fall down ... Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free ♫

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