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Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)

1967 song by The Hombres From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"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]

B-side"Go Girl, Go"
Released1967[1]
Recorded1967[1]
Quick facts Single by The Hombres, from the album ...
"Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)"
Single by The Hombres
from the album Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
B-side"Go Girl, Go"
Released1967[1]
Recorded1967[1]
Genre
Length2:06[5]
LabelVerve Forecast
SongwriterB. B. Cunningham[1]
ProducerHuey P. Meaux[1]
The Hombres singles chronology
"Hey, Little Girl"
(1966)
"Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)"
(1967)
"It's a Gas"
(1967)
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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 B-side, "Go Girl, Go", has the singer complaining about having to "stand in line" to see his girlfriend now that she is a "hip-swingin', fringe-slingin' 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

Quick facts Single by Jonathan King, B-side ...
"Let It All Hang Out"
Single by Jonathan King
B-side"Colloquial Sex"[8]
Released1969[9]
Recorded1969[9]
Length2:10
LabelDecca[9]
SongwriterB. B. Cunningham[8]
ProducerJonathan King[8]
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Chart performance

More information Artist, Billboard Hot 100 ...
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