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Mannish Boy

Muddy Waters / Hard Again

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Primary artist

Muddy Waters

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Album

Hard Again

Release date

January 10, 1977

Duration

5:24

Genres

Blues

Label

Blue Sky

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Songwriters / credits

Bo Diddley, Mel London, Muddy Waters

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"Mannish Boy" is a blues standard written by Muddy Waters, Mel London, and Bo Diddley. First recorded in 1955 by Waters, it serves as an "answer song" to Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man", which was in turn inspired by Waters' and Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man". "Mannish Boy" features a repeating stop-time figure on one chord throughout the song.

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