"You Got Me Hummin'" (also known as "You've Got Me Hummin'") is a popular song written by

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwr ...

and David Porter. It was first popularized by

Sam & Dave Sam & Dave were an American soul and R&B duo who performed together from 1961 until 1981. The tenor (higher) voice was Sam Moore (1935–2025) and the baritone/tenor (lower) voice was Dave Prater (1937–1988). Nicknamed "Double Dynamite", " ...

, who had a Top 10 R&B hit with the song in 1966 on

Stax Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in September 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. ...

. It was subsequently covered by Cold Blood who had greater success with the song on the American pop charts. Additionally, the song has been recorded by

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, Freddie Fender and

Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist. From his first professional stage appearance in 1957 to his most recent national tour in 2018, h ...

as well as J. Blackfoot.

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...

released the song several times: first in 1967, when in the band

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and under the title "You've Got Me Hummin' and in 1983 (live version, on the B-side of the 12" of "

Tell Her About It "Tell Her About It" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel from his album '' An Innocent Man'' (1983), released as the album's first single in July 1983. In the song, the singer exhorts a young man to tell the woman he loves how he feels ab ...

" under the title "You Got Me Hummin'".)

Selected recording history

The Fun Fair 1968

Charts

References

External links

Allmusic
Sam & Dave songs Songs written by Isaac Hayes 1966 singles Rhythm and blues songs Male vocal duets Songs written by David Porter (musician) 1966 songs Stax Records singles Atlantic Records singles {{1960s-single-stub