Ray Charles
Writer: Percy Mayfield
Producer: Sid Feller
Released: Sept. '61, ABC-Paramount - No. 1 - 11 weeks;
Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues artist Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a cappella demo sent to Art Rupe. It became famous after it was recorded by the singer-songwriter-pianist Ray Charles with The Raelettes vocalist Margie Hendrix.
Charles's recording hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning on Monday, October 9, 1961. "Hit the Road Jack" won a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. The song was number one on the R&B Sides chart for five weeks, thereby becoming Charles's sixth number-one on that chart. The song is ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
Charles asked Mayfield, a one-time R&B hitmaker whose performing career was curtailed by a car accident in 1952, if he had any songs for Charles to record.
Mayfield offered up "Hit the Road Jack."
The snarling female vocal was provided by Margie Hendricks of the Raelettes.
Hendricks' affair with Charles produced a son in 1959; Charles fired her from the Raelettes in 1964.
♫ Hit the Road Jack ♫ Ray Charles, Ray ♫
[Intro][Chorus]
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more
What'd you say?
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more
[Verse 1]
Old woman old woman, oh you treat me so mean You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen
I guess if you say so I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right)
[Chorus]
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more
What'd you say?
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more
[Verse 2]
Now baby, listen baby, don't you treat me this way Cause I'll be back on my feet some day
Don't care if you do, cause it's understood You ain't got no money, you just a no good
Well I guess if you say so I'll have to pack my things and go (that's right)
[Chorus]
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more
What'd you say?
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more no more no more no more
Hit the road Jack and don't cha come back No more
[Outro]
Well, (don'cha come back no more)
Uh, what'd you say? (don'cha come back no more)
I didn't understand you (don'cha come back no more)
You can't mean that (don'cha come back no more)
Oh, now baby please (don'cha come back no more)
What you're trying to do to me (don'cha come back no more)
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Hit the Road Jack
Electro Swing Remix
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Electro Swing Remix
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Hit the Road Jack
Cover ~Lyrics~
Sweet Sisters
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♫ Hit the road Jack ♫
Rosie
, Frenchy and Shirley Sweet are walking in the footsteps of the
legendary Andrews Sisters, bringing back the swing with a modern groove.
Of course, we respect Ray Charles and his great version of this song!
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Ray Charles
Hit the Road Jack
~Lyrics~
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