I Just Want to Make Love to You
1954
I Just Want to Make Love to You Blue is a song that Willie Dixon wrote for Muddy Waters. He was first called Just Make Love to Me, was released on Chess (Cat. no., 1571 ) in 1954 and was a huge success ( number 5 on the Billboard Black Singles Chart ). The song was recorded by Waters in 1968 again for his album Electric Mud.
Text
The song is about a man who wants nothing from his wife, what is expected of a woman in that time.
Occupation of the original version
- Guitar, Vocals - Muddy Waters
- Bass - Willie Dixon
- Drums - Fred Below
- Guitar - Jimmy Rogers
- Harmonica - Little Walter
- Piano - Otis Spann
Cover versions
- The blues-rock group Foghat took on the title of their first album; the published single reached number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was the first hit for the band.
- In 1967 the title of the album Super Blues by Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Little Walter.
- The song was, among others, Willie Dixon, The Rolling Stones (1964, with a slightly altered text ), Chuck Berry, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy, Mungo Jerry, The Kinks, Robben Ford Van Morrison, Lou Rawls, The Righteous Brothers, The Yardbirds, The Animals, James Blood Ulmer, Junior Wells, Memphis Slim, Bo Diddley, Johnny Otis, Paul Rodgers and Eddy Clearwater, and Cliff Richards (2010, Brass version) was added.