Done Somebody Wrong

"Done Somebody Wrong"
Label of Fire Records 45 single "Done Somebody Wrong"
Single by Elmore James
B-side"Fine Little Mama"
ReleasedDecember 1960
RecordedMay 1960
StudioBeltone, New York City
GenreBlues
Length2:20
LabelFire
Songwriter(s)Elmore James, Eddie Kirkland (uncredited)
Producer(s)Bobby Robinson

"I Must Have Done Somebody Wrong" is a blues song written and recorded by Eddie Kirkland in 1959. Using the same lyrics but modifying aspects of the music, Elmore James recorded it as "Done Somebody Wrong" in 1960; he took sole writing credit for it and it came to be known as an Elmore James song. "Done Somebody Wrong" was interpreted by the Allman Brothers Band in 1971 and featured on their classic live album At Fillmore East. As Billboard magazine has stated, the song became "more associated with the Allmans than with James in the end."[1]

  1. ^ Rys, Dan (May 28, 2017). "7 Great Blues Songs the Allman Brothers Made Their Own". Billboard.