Got My Mojo Working
Got My Mojo Working | |
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Ann Cole | |
publication | 1956 |
length | 2:37 |
Genre (s) | blues |
Author (s) | Preston Foster |
Cover versions | |
1956 | Louis Jordan |
1957 | Muddy Waters |
1962 | Roy Head |
1964 | Conway Twitty |
1964 | Manfred Mann |
1965 | Butterfield Blues Band |
1969 | Canned heat |
1970 | Elvis Presley |
1977 | BB King |
1977 | Buddy guy |
2011 | Eric Clapton |
Got My Mojo Working is a blues song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole in 1956. The piece became popular in the version published by Muddy Waters in 1957 . Rolling Stone magazine lists Waters' version at number 368 on its list of the 500 best songs of all time . Waters' version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is on the Songs of the Century list (2001).
The song is about a man who puts a mojo on a woman , but it doesn't seem to work; she does not return his love. Some artists varied the text; the core, however, always remained the same.
Several prominent musicians have recorded the piece, including Canned Heat , Elvis Presley , BB King and Eric Clapton . The song remained closely associated with Muddy Waters .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chess Records
- ↑ [1] (dated April 7, 2011 )