extensive subsequent covers, include:
"29 Ways" – Marc Cohn, Willie Dixon, The Blues Band
"300 Pounds Of Joy" – Howlin' Wolf, Tom Jones & Jools Holland
"After Five Long Years" – Willie Dixon
"As Long as I Have You" – Led Zeppelin
"Back Door Man"[9] – Howlin' Wolf, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Shadows of Knight, Bob Weir
"Big Boss Man" – Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley, The Animals, The Grateful Dead
"Bring It on Home" – Sonny Boy Williamson II, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Dread Zeppelin, Johnny Thunders
"Built for Comfort" – Howlin' Wolf, Canned Heat, UFO
"Crazy For My Baby" – Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Willie Dixon
"Crazy Love" – Buddy Guy
"Crazy Mixed Up World" – Little Walter
"Close to You" – Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors
"Dead Presidents" – Little Walter, The J. Geils Band
"Diddy Wah Diddy" – Bo Diddley, Captain Beefheart, The Blues Band
"Do Me Right" – Lowell Fulson
"Do the Do" – Howlin' Wolf
"Don't Go No Farther" – Muddy Waters
"Don't Tell Me Nothin´" – Willie Dixon – used in the movie The Color of Money
"Down in the Bottom" – Howlin' Wolf, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
"Earthquake and Hurricane" – Willie Dixon
"Eternity" – Grateful Dead
"Everybody Needs Something" – Little Walter
"Everything But You" – Jimmy Witherspoon
"Everything's Got a Time" – Willie Dixon
"Evil" – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart, Monster Magnet, Derek and the Dominos, Gary Moore, Cactus, The Faces, Steve Miller, Koko Taylor
"Flamin' Mamie" – Willie Dixon
"Help Me" – Sonny Boy Williamson II
"Gone Daddy Gone" - the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano incorporated elements of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" into his track; the former was later covered by Gnarls Barkley
"Grave Digger Blues" – Willie Dixon
"Groanin' the Blues" – Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton
"Hidden Charms" – Howlin' Wolf, Link Wray
"Hoochie Coochie Man"[6] – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Shadows of Knight, Eric Burdon, The Nashville Teens, Dion, The Allman Brothers Band, Alexis Korner, Steppenwolf, Chuck Berry, Motörhead, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Manfred Mann
"Howlin' For My Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, George Thorogood
"I Ain't Superstitious" – Howlin' Wolf, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, Megadeth, The Jeff Beck Group, Chris Spedding
"I Can't Quit You Baby" – Little Milton, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Led Zeppelin, Gary Moore, Dread Zeppelin, Nine Below Zero
"I Can't Understand" – Los Lobos (co-written with Cesar Rojas)
"I Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" – Willie Dixon
"If the Sea Was Whiskey" – Chris Thile
"I Got What It Takes" – Koko Taylor
"I Just Want To Make Love To You"[6] – Muddy Waters, The Animals, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Shadows of Knight, Mungo Jerry, Grateful Dead, Foghat, The Rolling Stones, Etta James, Van Morrison, Paul Rodgers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, April Wine, Robben Ford, Meat Puppets, Cold Blood
"I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" – Muddy Waters, Willie Nelson
"I'm Ready"[6] – Muddy Waters, Humble Pie, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, Long John Baldry, Eric Burdon, George Thorogood, Albert King
"Insane Asylum" – Koko Taylor, Kathy McDonald and Sly Stone, Diamanda Galás, Asylum Street Spankers, The Detroit Cobras, Oxbow feat. Marianne Faithful
"I Don't Play" – Robben Ford
"I Got My Brand on You" – Muddy Waters
"It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" – Styx
"I Want To Be Loved" – Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones
"Let Me Love You Baby" – Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, B. B. King
"Little Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, The Rolling Stones
"Little Red Rooster"[6] – Howlin' Wolf, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Luther Allison, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Big Mama Thornton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Love, Life & Money" – Johnny Winter
"Mellow Down Easy" – Little Walter & His Jukes, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Black Crowes, Carey Bell, ZZ Top, Jimmy Reed, Holly Golightly
"Million Dollar Baby" – Dizzy Gillespie
"My Babe"[6] – Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Spencer Davis Group, John P. Hammond, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fire and Drum Band
"My Baby's Sweeter" – Little Walter, Fleetwood Mac
"My Captain" – Muddy Waters
"My John the Conqueror Root" – Muddy Waters
"Nervous" – Willie Dixon
"Oh Baby" – Little Walter
"One More Chance With You" – Little Walter
"Pain In My Heart" – Willie Dixon, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Grateful Dead
"Pie in the Sky" – Willie Dixon
"Pretty Thing" – Bo Diddley, Pretty Things, Canned Heat
"Seventh Son" – Willie Mabon, Mose Allison, Bill Haley, Johnny Rivers, Sting, Climax Blues Band, Long John Baldry
"Same Thing" – The Band
"Sin And City" – Buddy Guy
"Shake For Me" – Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Sit and Cry (The Blues)" – Buddy Guy (co-written with Buddy Guy)
"Spoonful"[6] – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Dion, Paul Butterfield, Cream, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Ten Years After, The Who, Etta James Salty Dog
"Study War No More" – Willie Dixon
"The Same Thing" – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, George Thorogood, The Allman Brothers Band, Sue Foley, Marc Ford, Grateful Dead
"The Seventh Son" – Willie Dixon
"Study No More" – Willie Dixon
"Third Degree" – Eddie Boyd, Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton, Leslie West
"Tollin' Bells" – Lowell Fulson, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Robert Cray
"Too Late" – Little Milton, Little Walter
"Too Many Cooks" – Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Mick Jagger
"Violent Love" – Otis Rush, The Big Three, Oingo Boingo, Dr. Feelgood
"Walkin' The Blues" – Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, John Kay
"Wang Dang Doodle"[6] – Koko Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Grateful Dead, Savoy Brown, Box Tops, PJ Harvey, Rufus Thomas, The Pointer Sisters, The Blues Band, Widespread Panic
"Weak Brain, Narrow Mind" – Willie Dixon, Widespread Panic
"When My Left Eye Jumps" – Buddy Guy
"When The Lights Go Out" – Jimmy Witherspoon, Kim Wilson
"Who" – Little Walter
"Wigglin' Worm" – Willie Dixon
"You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At Its Cover" – Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Cactus, The Yardbirds, Beat Farmers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tim Hardin, The Merseybeats, Elliott Murphy, Long John Baldry, The Monkees, Eric Clapton, Roy Buchanan.
"You Don't Love Me" – Booker T. & the M.G.s, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills
"You Know My Love" – Otis Rush, Gary Moore
"You'll Be Mine" – Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dr. Feelgood
"You Need Love" – Muddy Waters, Mick Clark Band
"Whole Lotta Love" – Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" was appropriated, without credit, from Dixon's "You Need Love". Although the main guitar riff was composed by Jimmy Page himself, Robert Plant based the lyrics on Dixon's song. Dixon and his music publisher received credit and royalties, after a 1985 lawsuit was settled out of court.
"You Need Loving" recorded by The Small Faces in 1965, is another uncredited loose version of the song
"You Shook Me"[9] – Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin
"Young Fashioned Ways" – Muddy Waters
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Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
Willie Dixon Lyrics
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You don't have to worry, you can have your fun
Take me, baby, for your little boy
You get three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
And you got you a man that you don't like
Throw that cat, baby, outta your mind
Follow me, baby, have a real good time
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
Hoy, hoy, I'm the boy
I got three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
I'm so glad that you understand
I'm three hundred pounds of muscle and man
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
The lyrics to Willie Dixon's song "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" are a tongue-in-cheek ode to the joys of being with a large and confident man. It is a song that celebrates the physicality and power of a man who is three hundred pounds of muscle and man. Dixon's lyrics are humorous and playful, but also contain a deeper message about the importance of self-confidence and self-love.
The song begins by addressing women who may be feeling insecure or worried that they won't find someone to have fun with. Dixon reassures them that they don't need to worry because he is here for them. He then goes on to tout the benefits of being with him, including the fact that he is three hundred pounds of heavenly joy. The repetition of the phrase "this is it, look what you get" emphasizes the idea that being with him is a great deal.
The second verse of the song is directed at women who are in unhappy relationships. Dixon urges them to throw their current partners out of their minds and to follow him instead. He is confident that he can show them a good time and make them forget about their troubles. The chorus is repeated once more, with Dixon emphasizing that he is three hundred pounds of muscle and man, and that he is glad that his partner understands him.
Overall, the lyrics to "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" are witty and playful, but also have a deeper message about confidence and self-love. Dixon celebrates the idea that people can find happiness and fulfillment by accepting and loving themselves.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, all you girls think the days are gone
You may think that good times are in the past.
You don't have to worry, you can have your fun
Don't worry, you can still enjoy yourself.
Take me, baby, for your little boy
Choose me as your partner and I'll be your dedicated man.
You get three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
I'm a large and delightful man who will bring you happiness.
This is it
This is the right choice for you.
This is it
Trust me, this is the right decision for your happiness.
Look what you get
See what you get when you choose me.
You been pinnin' and hidin' behind his back
You've been secretly wishing for someone else behind your current partner's back.
And you got you a man that you don't like
You're with a man who you don't actually have romantic feelings for.
Throw that cat, baby, outta your mind
Forget about that other guy and focus on me instead.
Follow me, baby, have a real good time
Choose me as your partner and we'll have a fantastic time together.
Hoy, hoy, I'm the boy
Hey, listen up, I'm the man you want.
I got three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
I'm a big and lovable man who can bring you lots of happiness.
I'm so glad that you understand
I'm happy that you've recognized that I'm the right choice for you.
I'm three hundred pounds of muscle and man
I'm a big and strong man who can protect and provide for you.
This is it
Trust me, this is the best decision for your happiness.
This is it
Choose me and you won't regret it.
Look what you get
When you choose me, you get a lot - a big and loving partner who will make you happy.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: WILLIE DIXON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@dadzbluz
300 POUNDS OF JOY
Well all you girls think the days are done
You don't have to worry you can have your fun
Take me baby for your little boy
You get three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
This is it, this is it, look what you get
You've been bending and hiding right behind his back
And you got your man that you don't like
Throw that cat, baby outta your mind
Follow me baby have a real good time
This is it, this is it, look what you get
(Hubert Sumlin)
Hoy, hoy I'm the boy
I got three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
I'm so glad that you understand
I'm three hundred pounds of muscle and man
Uh this is it, this is it
Look what you get
@TheRealForrestGeorge
All you girls think the days are gone
You don't have to worry, you can have your fun
Take me, baby, for your little boy
Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
You been creeping and hiding behind his back
'Cause you got you a man that you don't like
Throw that Jack, baby, outta your mind
Follow me, baby, have a real good time
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
Hoy! Hoy! I'm the boy
Three hundred pounds of heavenly joy
I'm so glad that you understand
Three hundred pounds of muscle and man
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
If the men's all mad then the women's glad
If the little kids' happy then the old folk's mad
I'm so glad that you understand
Three hundred pounds of muscle and man
This is it
This is it
Look what you get
@joblo9773
Actually, they did.
Or RATHER, Jimmy's inspired early session work (with Them for instance) occasionally leans very heavily on Sumlin's sublime solo here.
Everybody ever amounted to anything anywhere robbed cheated and stole something from somebody.
ONLY fuggin' difference is: to what EXTENT they actually got caught.
Pagey was a gifted live player through '69-71 and most incredibly talented studio musician/arranger/producer for at least as long.
Sumlin was an early electric genius, but Page's talents totally eclipsed almost everybody - except maybe a small handful of virtuosos on occasion including Hubert.
Page drew HEAVILY on virtually every great electric blues guitarist before him; most of the best to come along subsequently - if not all - have done exactly that.
NOTHING exceptional about Page in that respect, other than he did so slightly more frequently -
and MORE OFTEN than not IMPROVISED & SUBLIMATED & IMPROVED UPON his predecessors - as all greats are obviously prone to do.
This number is one of Wolf's crowning achievements, and there ARE a few Zeppelin numbers that compare very favorably -
the 'ole "stole some notes and lyric here & there" MUSIC POLICE
waaaaaay to late to the scene of the "crime" - (about 3 or 4 decades AFTER THE FACT ANYHOW)
ought bugger the fuck off.
ANYBODY really need the reason WHY?
OK, why? - ever fuggin teeny-bopper comin round with his facebook fanboy, amateur-hour music detective shitlist can meditate upon:
Zeppelin was successfully sued by every artist (or their "estates") for each & every last dime they had coming - dead or alive.
The very fact that Led popularized the (dead or half-dead) old blues buzzards simply guaranteed the surviving families saw 100X's the income they'd have otherwise accrued - beings after 1950's around a couple hundred black folks (IF that MANY??) bothered to even listen let alone buy a blues record - that's true to this day.
ULTIMATELY, WHITE BOYS ~GENERATED~ MORE BLUES RECORDS SALES
than any bluesman ever even hoped for - even in his wildest DREAMS - Gold Records in very few instances at best.
After the British invasion, without whitey buying up blues like they were goin' out of style, Robert Johnson's estate - and/or whomever else "creatively involved" - would still be DEAD BROKE.
So if ya don't mind my sayin': pull yer ever lovin' head out 'o yer ass.
Or go listen to the Stones' take on "Love In Vain" from Let It Bleed album or at Leeds '71 --- 'cause it so far outshines the 1920's Robert Johnson "copyright" - that either his original pales by comparison, or Taylor's bottleneck is far more brilliant - and/or both - since Taylor stole NOTHING from the 20's apart from the fact he played blues.
Sue me him and everbody else on Utube - if ya REALLY think ya know any better Lol!
@panadanian73
My only complaint is that I can't like this more than once :-) One of my absolute favorite blues performers and a force of nature.
@O___00
Daniel LaCroix I gotcha buddy 👍
@ninefingerbandit9402
Muddy, Johnny Lee hooker, howling wolf, B.B King.
@jamesosborne1286
Sometimes there just aren't enough likes.
-Forest Gump(inspired)
@kinkajou777
It’s easy to love Howlin Wolf’s music! I became a Howlin Wolf fan when I was a Freshman in college.
@johnevans8553
Absolutely love the Wolf, this is without a doubt my favorite song by him, what a groove. Too bad 90% of people have never heard him, he is a national treasure!!!
@savedaz
Shame on you thumbs down people, that guitar work is amazing!
@nurmweb
The great song worthy of representing the 20th century, with unique rhythm, a full tone range covered plus a distinctive vocal so amazing that any reproduction would fall short, except by Chester himself.
@tonyfreeman1339
The best thing you'll hear all day. I guarantee.
@luisguedes7590
The voice that seems to come out of the darkness to howl the blues.