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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Wang Dang Doodle
Willie Dixon Lyrics
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Tell razor totin' jim
Tell butcher knife totin' Annie
Tell fast talkin' fanny
Oh we're gonna pitch a ball
Down to the legend hall
They're gonna romp and tromp 'till midnite
They're gonna fuss and fight 'till daylight
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
Tell Cool to call in Red
To tell Albert, seen an' Egg
To tell old Icepick Pete
To tell everybody he meet
Tonight we ain't gon' rest
I bet your bone and throw a mess
We're gonna break down all the windows
I'm gonna tear down all the doors
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
The opening lines of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" evoke the image of a wild and raucous party, with Slim, Jim, Annie, and Fanny all invited to raise a ruckus until daybreak. The singer of the song is clearly excited at the prospect of this gathering, looking forward to a night of revelry and excess. The repetition of the phrase "all night long" throughout the lyrics further emphasizes this sense of prolonged indulgence.
As the song progresses, more and more people are invited to the party, including Cool, Red, Albert, Seen, and Egg, along with the enigmatic Icepick Pete. The lyrics suggest that these are all known troublemakers and ne'er-do-wells, adding to the sense of danger and excitement surrounding the event.
Despite the potential for chaos and destruction, the singer of the song remains excited and joyous, singing with abandon about the "wang dang doodle" that is about to take place. While the specific meaning of this phrase is unclear, its repeated use throughout the song seems to suggest a kind of carefree, reckless abandon that the singer finds irresistible.
Overall, "Wang Dang Doodle" is a celebration of hedonism and revelry, with the singer eagerly participating in a night of wild abandon with a group of misfits and troublemakers.
Line by Line Meaning
Tell automatic slim
Inform a person named Automatic Slim
Tell razor totin' jim
Pass on the message to Razor Toting Jim
Tell butcher knife totin' Annie
Make sure Butcher Knife Toting Annie knows
Tell fast talkin' fanny
Ensure Fast Talking Fanny is informed
Oh we're gonna pitch a ball
We will throw a great party
Down to the legend hall
At a legendary place
They're gonna romp and tromp 'till midnite
They will dance and stomp all night
They're gonna fuss and fight 'till daylight
They will argue and make noise until morning
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
We will have a wild party throughout the night
All night long
Throughout the entire night
Tell Cool to call in Red
Ask Cool to phone Red
To tell Albert, seen an' Egg
So Albert and Egg can be informed
To tell old Icepick Pete
Inform Icepick Pete as well
To tell everybody he meet
Let everyone he meets know
Tonight we ain't gon' rest
We won't stop tonight
I bet your bone and throw a mess
We will have a crazy party
We're gonna break down all the windows
We will wreck the place
I'm gonna tear down all the doors
And remove all the doors
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
We will continue to party all night long
All night long
Throughout the entire night
All night long
Throughout the entire night
All night long
Throughout the entire night
All night long
Throughout the entire night
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
We will continue to party all night long
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: WILLIE DIXON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot
One of coolest songs ever made. Well done.
@georgemoore2444
Willie DIXON a legend in his spare time!
@markgelbart5889
Thank you so much for putting this on youtube.
@deloreshenry1880
I like how this is a jazzy version.😊
@que-artcollection2539
I had to put this in my Down Home Blues playlist foreal.
@crespossss
The God himself...i cant even imagine how modern music would be without Willie Dixons influence...
@georgemoore2444
the architect of the blues!
@BIGMOUTHLOUIS
I saw him at the jazz festival in montreal quite a few years ago.the true ace of bass.
@keithsatterfield
I can hear the different styles being played in this recording!! 🙂 Pops and Willie were great friends in Bass indeed!! During this time Pop had discovered a new bass technique he plays here! These were two VERY original artist mutual admiration and respect!!
@davemacaskill8613
Can tell more. Who is pops and tell about two types Double bass standup or electric?