Grateful When You're Dead

"Grateful When You're Dead / Jerry Was There" is a song by the English rock band Kula Shaker, taken from their first album K.

"Grateful When You're Dead / Jerry Was There"
Single by Kula Shaker
from the album K
Released	22 April 1996 (1996-04-22)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Alternative rock psychedelic rock
Length	5:42
Label	Columbia Records
Songwriter(s)	Crispian Mills
Producer(s)	John Leckie, Shep & Dodge, Crispian Mills

The song's title is a reference to the American rock band Grateful Dead and their lead guitarist Jerry Garcia. The song is in two parts: the GWYD part, which is a standard rock song, and the JWT part, which is more drifting with dark and ethnic sounds.

The single was released on 22 April 1996, both as a 7" and a CD, and reached number 35 on the UK singles chart.^[1]

In Melody Maker, critic Neil Kulkarni declared "Grateful When You're Dead" and previous release "Tattva" to be "the two worst singles of '96".^[2]

Track listing in both formats

1. "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There"
2. "Another Life"
3. "Under the Hammer"

• Catalogue number CD: KulaCD2
• Catalogue number 7": Kula 72