Cover Versions
A cover by Jimi Hendrix appears on the compilation album Blues. Paul Butterfield covered the song in 1986 on his album The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again. It was covered by Hindu Love Gods in their album of the same name. The song also appears on The Bocephus Box, a three-CD box set by Hank Williams, Jr., released in 2000. Elliott Murphy covered it in 2005 on Murphy gets Muddy. The Rolling Stones have often incorporated this song, among other blues standards, into their live set, and it can be heard on the albums Love You Live and Rarities 1971-2003. Wolfmother did a cover of the song for their special edition version of Cosmic Egg. Black Stone Cherry performed a heavier version along with Hoochie Coochie Man in October 2009 at Rockaplast in Germany.
It was further rearranged in the 2003 Martin Scorsese documentary film series titled The Blues. In the fifth film, titled Godfathers and Sons and directed by Marc Levin, Mannish Boy was redone by The ElectriK Mud Kats (a.k.a. The Electric Mud Band, Muddy Waters' backing group from his album Electric Mud) with vocals by hip hop artists Chuck D, Common & Kyle Jason.
Roger Daltrey performed a cover of the song on Jools Holland's New Years show on December 31, 2010.
A version of the song recorded by Erykah Badu was featured in an H&M TV advert in spring 2011.
Aerosmith performed the song on The Howard Stern Show on January 13, 1995.
A version of the song performed by Jeff Garlin was appeared in the 2003 movie Daddy Day Care.
A version of the song performed by "The Mannish Boys" was featured during the credits at the end of the 2007 movie, "What Love Is".
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