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I Can't Get You Off of My Mind

I Can't Get You Off of My Mind

1948 song by Hank Williams

"I Can't Get You Off of My Mind" is a song written and recorded by Hank Williams. It appeared as the B-side to his 1948 single "A Mansion on the Hill".

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Background

It was recorded on November 6, 1947 at Castle Studio in Nashville. Williams was supported by a group that producer Fred Rose assembled from two Grand Ole Opry bands: Zeke Turner (lead guitar), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), and Louis Ennis (rhythm guitar) were from Red Foley's band while Chubby Wise (fiddle) was a member of Bill Monroe's band.[2] The song is an up-tempo number in which the narrator describes his infatuation with an unfaithful woman.

Bob Dylan recorded the song for the 2001 album Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute. In his autobiography Chronicles: Volume One Dylan wrote, "The sound of his voice went through me like an electric rod and I managed to get a hold of a few of his 78s - "Baby, We're Really in Love" and "Honky Tonkin'" and "Lost Highway" - and I played them endlessly...You can learn a lot about the structure of songwriting by listening to his records, and I listened to them a lot and had them internalized."[3]

The The also recorded it for their Williams tribute LP Hanky Panky.

References

  1. [1]
    "U.S. Copyright Office Virtual Card Catalog 1946-1954". vcc.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. [2]
    Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 74. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  3. [3]
    Dylan, Bob (2004). Chronicles: Volume One. Simon & Schuster. p. 95. ISBN 0-7432-2815-4.
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