Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
| "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by The Hombres | |
| from the album Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) | |
| B-side | "Go Girl, Go" |
| Released | 1967[1] |
| Recorded | 1967[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:06[5] |
| Label | Verve Forecast |
| Songwriter(s) | B. B. Cunningham[1] |
| Producer(s) | Huey P. Meaux[1] |
"Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" is a 1967 song by the Hombres and the title track of their album of the same name. It is, according to AllMusic journalist Stewart Mason, a "deadpan southern-fried parody" of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues".[1]
Background
The song's spoken intro – "A preachment, dear friends, you are about to receive on John Barleycorn, nicotine and the temptations of Eve" – dates to the 1947 novelty recording "Cigareetes, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women" by Red Ingle and His Natural Seven,[6] and is followed by a raspberry.[7]
"Go Girl, Go"
The song's
Watusi go go girl". It is featured in the compilation album Essential Pebbles, Volume 1
, where it is incorrectly titled "Go Go Girl" in the track listing, and attributed to "unknown artist".
Cover versions
| "Let It All Hang Out" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Jonathan King | |
| B-side | "Colloquial Sex"[8] |
| Released | 1969[9] |
| Recorded | 1969[9] |
| Length | 2:10 |
| Label | Decca[9] |
| Songwriter(s) | B. B. Cunningham[8] |
| Producer(s) | Jonathan King[8] |
- In 1970,
- In 1984, Mood Swing.
- In 1988, Scrawl released it (with amended lyrics) on their album He's Drunk.
- In 1989, John Cougar Mellencamp recorded it for his Big Daddy LP. A music video featured Sports Illustrated "swimsuit issue" cover model Ashley Richardson.[citation needed]
- In 2003, David Lee Roth included a cover version on his Diamond Dave album.
Uses in popular culture
- One of the earliest uses of the song was when it was sampled in 1968 by Washington Uptight."[citation needed]
- It was sampled by the London based dance-music act Definition of Sound on their top 20 hit "Wear Your Love Like Heaven", in 1991.
- It was featured on the 1998 box set Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.[11]
- "Let It All Hang Out" was included on the soundtrack of the 2005 film Elizabethtown.[12]
- Foster's Twist.[13]
- "Let It All Hang Out" was included on the soundtrack of the 2023 TV series "White House Plumbers (miniseries)."
Chart performance
| Artist | Billboard Hot 100 | UK Singles Chart
|
Dutch Top 40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hombres | 12[7] | - | - |
| Jonathan King | - | 26[9] | 28[8] |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - Hombres, The Hombres". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-135-46296-3.
- ISBN 978-0-02-036361-3.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-3322-5.
- ^ "Hombres". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ ""Cigareets, Whuskey, & Wild, Wild Women"-RED INGLE". YouTube. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ a b "Hombres - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Jonathan King - Let It All Hang Out". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Jonathan King Discography". J_withers.tripod.com. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [Box Set]". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Elizabethtown - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Music in Fosters TV Adverts & Commercials". Songofthesalesman.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
