Carry Me Carrie

"Carry Me Carrie"
Single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
from the album Sloppy Seconds
B-side"I Call That True Love"
Released22 September 1972
GenreCountry rock
Length4:18
LabelColumbia Records, CBS Records
Songwriter(s)Shel Silverstein
Producer(s)Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show singles chronology
"Sylvia's Mother"
(1972)
"Carry Me Carrie"
(1972)
"The Cover of Rolling Stone"
(1972)

"Carry Me, Carrie" is the third single by American country rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, released in 1972.[1] It appeared on the group's second album, Sloppy Seconds.[2]

Record World said that "Shel Silverstein provides the material, a driving rhythm item that presents the other side of the 'Lean On Me' idea."[3]

  1. ^ Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me Carrie at 45 Cat
  2. ^ Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Carry Me Carrie at Paste Magazine
  3. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 2, 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-29.