The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born You got a boy child's comin' He's gonna be a son of a gun Gonna make pretty womens Jump and shout Then the world wanna know What this all about But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got the Johnny conkeroo I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world will know That I'm the hoochie coochie man But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here On the seventh hour Of the seventh day Of the seventh month The seven doctors say He was born for good luck And that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars Don't you mess with me But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here
The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born You got a boy child's comin' He's gonna be a son of a gun Gonna make pretty womens Jump and shout Then the world wanna know What this all about But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here I got a black cat bone I got a mojo too I got the Johnny conkeroo I'm gonna mess with you I'm gonna make you girls Lead me by my hand Then the world will know That I'm the hoochie coochie man But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Oh you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here On the seventh hour Of the seventh day Of the seventh month The seven doctors say He was born for good luck And that you'll see I got seven hundred dollars Don't you mess with me But you know I'm here Everybody knows I'm here Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man Everybody knows I'm here
A canção “Hoochie Coochie Man” foi escrita por Willie Dixon e gravada pela primeira vez pelo próprio Muddy Waters em 1954, marcando sua transição para um arranjo com banda completa no cenário do blues de Chicago.
O riff de stop‑time, introduzido na faixa, “logo foi absorvido na lingua franca do blues, R&B, jazz e rock and roll”, segundo o musicólogo Robert Palmer, influenciando sucessões de músicas em diversos gêneros.
Bo Diddley adaptou a estrutura do riff para sua faixa “I’m a Man”, transformando‑o em um dos motivos musicais mais reconhecíveis do blues e consolidando ainda mais a repercussão da composição de Dixon.
O lançamento original em 1954 gerou várias versões ao vivo e novas gravações em estúdio, sendo incluído nos álbuns de compilação “The Best of Muddy Waters” (1958) e em inúmeros coletâneas posteriores.
Em 2004, a Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA adicionou “Hoochie Coochie Man” ao National Recording Registry, reconhecendo sua importância para a cultura americana e seu impacto duradouro na música popular.
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