Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)

"Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)"
Single by the Hombres
Released 1967[1]
Recorded 1967[1]
Genre Cajun[1]
Length 2:06[2]
Writer(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. It is, according to AllMusic journalist Stewart Mason, a "deadpan southern-fried parody" of Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.[1]

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,[3] and is followed by a raspberry.[4]

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

"Let It All Hang Out"
Single by Jonathan King
A-side Let It All Hang Out[5]
B-side Colloquial Sex[5]
Released 1970[6]
Recorded 1970[6]
Label Decca Records[6]
Writer(s) B. B. Cunningham[5]
Producer(s) Jonathan King[5]

Uses in popular culture

Chart performance

Artist Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles Chart Dutch Top 40
The Hombres 12[4] - -
Jonathan King - 26[6] 28[5]

References

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  4. 1 2 "Hombres - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jonathan King - Let It All Hang Out". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "JONATHAN KING". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  7. "Jonathan King Discography". J_withers.tripod.com. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  8. "Big Daddy - John Mellencamp". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  9. "Nails, The – Mood Swing". Discogs. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  10. "Diamond Dave - David Lee Roth". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  11. "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [Box Set]". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  12. "Elizabethtown - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  13. "Music in Fosters TV Adverts & Commercials". Songofthesalesman.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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