"White Rabbit" is a song written by Grace Slick and recorded by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane for their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow.

[12] It uses imagery found in the fantasy works of Lewis Carroll — 1865's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass — such as changing size after taking pills or drinking an unknown liquid.

Slick wrote the lyrics first, then composed the music at a red upright piano she had bought for US$50 with eight or ten keys missing — "that was OK because I could hear in my head the notes that weren't there"[13] — moving between major chords for the verses and chorus.

[7] In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Slick mentioned that, in addition to Alice in Wonderland, her other inspiration for the song was Ravel's Boléro.

[18] The song was first played by the Great Society in a bar in San Francisco in early 1966, and later when they opened the bill for bigger bands like the Grateful Dead.

[12] "White Rabbit" is in the key of F-sharp which Slick acknowledges "is difficult for guitar players as it requires some intricate fingering".

"[20] Reviewing several of Jefferson Airplane's albums for Mojo in 1998, Jon Savage described "White Rabbit" as "one of the oddest records ever to make the US Top 10, being pure, relentless build from start to finish.

"[21] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it Jefferson Airplane's 2nd best song, calling it "one of the druggiest cuts ever recorded" and claiming that "the crawling, hazy pace was meant to mirror the time-altering effects of LSD.

Whether you were around to hear it debut or discovered it decades later, it’s a song that has stood the test of time in ways that many similar tracks from the 1960s haven’t.