Down on Me (traditional song)

"Down on Me"
Single by Janis Joplin with
Big Brother and the Holding Company
from the album Big Brother & the Holding Company
B-side"Call on Me"
Released1967
Recorded1967
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length2:08
LabelMainstream
Songwriter(s)traditional, arr Joplin
Janis Joplin with
Big Brother and the Holding Company singles chronology
"Bye, Bye Baby"
(1967)
"Down on Me"
(1967)
"Blindman"
(1967)

"Down on Me" is a traditional freedom song from the 1920s or earlier that became popular following its remake by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Work, American Negro Songs p. 115
  2. ^ Solomon, Honey in the Rock Mercer University Press, p. 112
  3. ^ Peters, Lyrics of the Afro-American Spiritual p. 10