Single:
On the Road Again entered the Australian singles chart* on 16 September 1968 and peaked at #8. The song was #52 on the Top 100 of 1968.
Album:
The song is on Boogie with Canned Heat which entered the Australian albums chart* on 22 February 1969 and peaked at #7.
Songwriters:
Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson
Producer:
Cal Carter
Record label of Australian release:
Liberty
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
On the Road Again, Canned Heat live at Woodstock
Wikipedia:
On the Road Again, recorded by the American blues-rock group Canned Heat, is a driving blues-rock boogie, adapted from earlier blues songs and includes mid-1960s psychedelic rock elements. Unlike most of Canned Heat’s songs from the period which were sung by Bob Hite, second guitarist and harmonica player Alan Wilson provides the distinctive falsetto vocal.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Road_Again_(Canned_Heat_song)
Lyrics:
Well, I’m so tired of crying
But I’m out on the road again
I’m on the road again
Well, I’m so tired of crying
But I’m out on the road again
I’m on the road again
I ain’t got no woman
Just to call my special friend
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