"Show Me" is a title track of the 1967 album by

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, who also wrote the song. The single was Joe Tex's fourteenth release to make the US R&B chart. "Show Me" went to #24 on the R&B chart and #35 on the Hot 100.

Cover versions

*In 1967,

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released a version of the song on their debut album, '' Live! At Caesar's Palace''. *In 1969,

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recorded a cover that was included in her ''

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'' release. *In 1972,

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recorded the song for her album '' The Midnight Oil''. Her version peaked at #11 on the

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chart. *In 1976, Eddie and the Hot Rods released a version of the song on their album '' Teenage Depression''. *In 1991, a cover is included in the

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film '' The Commitments'' and released on the film's second soundtrack album, ''The Commitments, Vol. 2'', released in 1992. *Tom Jones performed the song often, and included it on his 1994 album ''The Lead and How to Swing it''. *In 2017, Ronnie Baker Brooks recorded the song. His cover was included on his '' Times Have Changed'' release.

References

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