Natural Blues

"Natural Blues"
Single by Moby
from the album Play
B-side
  • "Whispering Wind"
  • "Sick in the System"
ReleasedMarch 6, 2000 (2000-03-06)
StudioMoby's home studio (Manhattan, New York)
Genre
Length
  • 4:12 (album version)
  • 3:03 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"
(1999)
"Natural Blues"
(2000)
"Porcelain"
(2000)
Alternative cover
German CD maxi-single
Music video
"Natural Blues" on YouTube

"Natural Blues" is a song by American electronic musician Moby. It was released on March 6, 2000, as the fifth single from his fifth studio album, Play (1999). The song is built around vocals sampled from "Trouble So Hard" by American folk singer Vera Hall (1937). "Natural Blues" was one of several songs on Play produced by Moby based on samples obtained from albums of American folk music originally compiled by field collector Alan Lomax. In the United Kingdom, "Natural Blues" peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. In Iceland, it peaked at number one.