"Gone Daddy Gone" is a song written by Gordon Gano and originally recorded by his group Violent Femmes as the first single for their first album, Violent Femmes.[1]

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"Gone Daddy Gone"
Single by Violent Femmes
from the album Violent Femmes
B-side	"Good Feeling"
Released	1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:03
Label	Slash Records
Songwriter(s)	Gordon Gano, Willie Dixon
Producer(s)	Mark Van Hecke
Violent Femmes singles chronology
"Blister in the Sun" (1983) "Gone Daddy Gone" (1983) "Ugly" (1983)
Music video
"Gone Daddy Gone" on YouTube

The lyrics use a complete verse from Willie Dixon's 1954 song "I Just Want to Make Love to You", originally recorded by Muddy Waters. For this reason, the song is occasionally referred to as "Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You", as on Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes.[2] It has two xylophone solos.

A cover version of the song was the third single released in the United States by the American soul duo, Gnarls Barkley, and is taken from their first album St. Elsewhere (2006).[3] An animated music video was also made. The cover version was used in a 2008 commercial for the movie Igor, in the TV series Entourage and Chuck, in the 2006 game Tony Hawk's Project 8 and in the 2007 game Forza Motorsport 2.

Personnel

• Gordon Gano - guitar, lead vocal
• Brian Ritchie - xylophone, electric bass guitar
• Victor DeLorenzo - snare drum and tranceaphone, Scotch marching bass drum, vocals

References