https://youtube/watch?v=yPtf5jsyJh Cocaine is a song written and recorded in 1976 by JJ Cale, who was until then a little known country blues singer with a particular relaxed style. Both Cale and the song became famous when a hugely successful cover version was recorded by Eric Clapton. AllMusic calls the latter among [Claptons] most enduringly popular hits and notes that even for an artist like Clapton with a huge body of high-quality work, Cocaine ranks among his best.[1] Glyn Johns, who had previously worked with The Who, Faces, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones, produced the Clapton recording, which was released on the 1977 album Slowhand and as a single in 1980. The live version of Cocaine, from the Just One Night album recorded in Tokyo, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 as the B-side of Tulsa Time, which was a No. 30 hit in 1980. Cocaine was one of several of Cales songs recorded by Clapton, including After Midnight and Travelin Light. Single by Eric Clapton from the album Slowhand B-side Tulsa Time (original) Lay Down Sally (Re-issue) Released November 1977 Recorded May 1977 Genre Blues rock Length 3:41 Label Polydor Writer(s) JJ Cale Producer(s) Glyn Johns JJ Cale version[edit] Chart (1977–1979) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 45 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 5 Germany (Media Control Charts)[4] 22 Italy (FIMI)[5] 17 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 2 Eric Clapton version[edit] Chart (1980) Peak position Canada (CHUM)[9] 2 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 3 US Billboard Hot 100[11] 30 Preceded by After the Lovin by Engelbert Humperdinck New Zealand number-one single March 6, 1977 (1 week) Succeeded by After the Lovin by Engelbert Humperdinck Analysis[edit] Eric Clapton describes Cocaine as an anti-drug song. He has called the song quite cleverly anti-cocaine, noting:[12] Its no good to write a deliberate anti-drug song and hope that it will catch. Because the general thing is that people will be upset by that. It would disturb them to have someone else shoving something down their throat. So the best thing to do is offer something that seems ambiguous—that on study or on reflection actually can be seen to be anti—which the song Cocaine is actually an anti-cocaine song. If you study it or look at it with a little bit of thought ... from a distance ... or as it goes by ... it just sounds like a song about cocaine. But actually, it is quite cleverly anti-cocaine. —Eric Clapton Because of its ambiguous message, Clapton did not perform the song in many of his concerts; over the years, Clapton has added the lyrics that dirty cocaine in live shows to underline the anti-drug message of the song.[13] Other cover versions[edit] A live cover by the Scottish rock band Nazareth appears on their albums The Fool Circle and Snaz. Guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran recorded it for his 1990 solo album Dangerous. In 2008, country singer Gretchen Wilson quoted the melody from the tag end of the chorus (she dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie) for her song Work Hard, Play Harder (which also borrowed from The Black Crowes). The hard rock band Black Robot covered the song on their 2010 self-titled album. Post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd included a cover as a bonus track for their 2011 covers-album Re:(Disc)overed. The band Old Lady Drivers released a cover of the song on their 1988 self titled debut album.
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