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"Mess Around" | ||||
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Single by Ray Charles | ||||
Released | June 19, 1953 | |||
Recorded | May 17, 1953 | |||
Genre | R&B, stride, blues | |||
Label | Atlantic 999 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ahmet Ertegun | |||
Ray Charles singles chronology | ||||
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The "Mess Around" is a song written by Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder and then-vice-president of Atlantic Records,[1] under the pseudonym of A. Nugetre,[2] or "Nuggy".[3] It was performed by Ray Charles, and was one of Charles's first hits.