Going Up the Country

"Going Up the Country"
cover art
US single picture sleeve
Single by Canned Heat
from the album Living the Blues
B-side"One Kind Favor"
ReleasedNovember 22, 1968 (1968-11-22)
RecordedAugust 6–7, 1968
StudioI.D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
GenreBlues rock[1]
Length2:50
LabelLiberty
Songwriter(s)Alan Wilson (see text)
Producer(s)Canned Heat, Skip Taylor
Canned Heat singles chronology
"On the Road Again"
(1968)
"Going Up the Country"
(1968)
"Time Was"
(1969)

"Going Up the Country" (also "Goin' Up the Country") is a song adapted and recorded by American blues rock band Canned Heat. Called a "rural hippie anthem",[2] it became one of the band's biggest hits and best-known songs.[3] As with their previous single, "On the Road Again", the song was adapted from a 1920s blues song and sung by Alan Wilson.

  1. ^ Perone, James E. (15 February 2019). Listen to the Blues! Exploring a Musical Genre. ABC-CLIO. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4408-6615-9.
  2. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Canned Heat: Living the Blues – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Pearson, Barry Lee (1996). "Canned Heat". In Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Experts' Guide to the Best Blues Recordings. All Music Guide to the Blues. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.