Hey Joe - Selected List of Recorded Versions

Selected List of Recorded Versions

The following versions of "Hey Joe" made the pop charts in the US or UK:

• The Leaves as "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go" (Mira 207, December 1965); re-recorded as "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go" (Mira 222, 1966), and then again as "Hey Joe" (Mira 222, May 1966). This last version charted, peaking at #31 in the US.
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966) Peaked at UK #6. In 2000, Total Guitar magazine ranked it as the 13th greatest cover version of all time.
• Cher (1967) on her album With Love, Cher. Peaked at US #94.

• Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2648, July 1969) Peaked at #29 on the US R&B charts, #59 on the US pop charts, #42 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts, and #16 on the UK charts. Featured Duane Allman on guitar.

Other recorded versions of "Hey Joe" include:

• The Surfaris as "Hey Joe, Where Are You Going" (Decca 31954, June 1966)
• Love (1966) on their album Love
• The Byrds on their album Fifth Dimension (1966)
• The Standells (1966) on their album Dirty Water
• The Music Machine (1966) on their album (Turn On) The Music Machine
• The Shadows of Knight (1966) on their album Back Door Men
• Warlocks (1966)
• Tim Rose (1966) (re-recorded as "Blue Steel .44" on the album Haunted, 1997)
• The Cryan' Shames (1966) on their album Sugar & Spice
• Gonn (1966 or '67)
• The SoulBenders (1967) on their album Can't Believe in Love
• The Stillroven (1967) scored a Midwest regional hit in early 1967 with their cover version
• The Hazards (1967) on the compilation CD Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 2
• Johnny Hallyday (1967) French lyrics by Gilles Thibault, on the album Olympia 67
• Martò (1967) Italian lyrics by Francesco Guccini
• Los Locos (1967) Mexican lyrics by Rafael Acosta, on the EP Negro es Negro
• Ant Trip Ceremony (1968) on their album 24 Hours
• The Golden Cups (1968) Japanese group
• The Creation (1968)
• Marmalade (1968)
• The Mothers of Invention (1968) parodied "Hey Joe" and took a satirical swipe at hippies in their song "Flower Punk" from We're Only In It For The Money
• Deep Purple on their first album, Shades of Deep Purple (1968), which mistakenly credited them as the writers
• Johnny Rivers (1968) on the album Realization
• Band of Joy (1968) demo version with Robert Plant issued in 2003 on the album Sixty Six to Timbuktu
• Saker (1969) UK single
• Fever Tree (1970) on For Sale
• Lee Moses (1971) on the album Time and Place
• The Les Humphries Singers (1971) on the album We'll Fly You to the Promised Land
• Carson (1973) on the album On the Air (recorded live at Sunbury Pop Festival)
• Roy Buchanan (1974) on the album That's What I Am Here For
• Patti Smith (1974) her first music single.
• Spirit (1975) on the album Spirit of '76
• Alvin Lee (1979) on the album Ride On
• Hobo Blues Band (1980) (Hungarian lyrics) on the album Középeurópai Hobo Blues
• Buldožer (1982) on their live album Ako ste slobodni večeras
• More (1982) as the B-side of their single Trickster
• Soft Cell (1983) as part of the B-side "Hendrix Medley", later re-issued on The Art of Falling Apart
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (1984) as part of the medley "Polkas on 45" on the album "Weird Al" Yankovic In 3-D
• Nash The Slash (1984) on the album American Bandages
• Alain Bashung (1985) covered the Johnny Hallyday version of the song on the album Live Tour 85
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1986) on the album Kicking Against the Pricks
• Dead Moon (1988) on the album In The Graveyard
• Francesco Di Giacomo (1989) on the album Non Mettere le Dita nel Naso in duet with Sam Moore
• Seal (1991) on the "Killer" single; later included on the Set It Off Soundtrack album (1996).
• The Offspring (1991 and 1997) on their Baghdad EP and, in a different version, as a B-side on their "Gone Away" single
• Willy DeVille (1992) on the album Backstreets of Desire
• Type O Negative (1992) as "Hey Pete" on the album The Origin of the Feces
• Jerry Douglas (1992) on the album Slide Rule. Vocals by Tim O'Brien
• Buckwheat Zydeco (1992) on the album On Track
• Roy Buchanan (1992) on the album The Best of Roy Buchanan
• Body Count (1993) on the albums Born Dead and Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
• Eddie Murphy (1993) on the album Love's Alright
• Captain Sensible (1994) on his live album Live at the Milky Way
• Mathilde Santing (1994) as "Hey Joan", where the woman shoots her man
• Lick the Tins (1995) on the album Blind Man on a Flying Horse
• Brazilian Band O Rappa (1996) recorded a Portuguese version on the album Rappa Mundi, with considerably different lyrics and plot.
• Fifteen (1996) on the EP There's No Place Like Home (Good Night)
• Otis Taylor (1996) on the album Blue Eyed Monster. This version has slightly different lyrics, though.
• Guitar Shorty (1996) on the album Billie Jean Blues. Guitar Shorty is Jimi Hendrix's brother in law.
• The Make-Up (1999) on the album Save Yourself
• Axel Rudi Pell (1999) on the album The Ballads II (originally a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the Black Moon Pyramid album)
• Helge Schneider (1999) on the album Eiersalat in Rock
• Medeski Martin & Wood (2000) on the album Tonic
• Franco Battiato (2001) on the album Ferro Battuto
• Robert Plant (2002) on the album Dreamland and also earlier with the Band of Joy in 1967
• Vijay Iyer (2003) on the album Blood Sutra (titled "Because of Guns")
• Brant Bjork (2004) on his album Local Angel
• Gabe Dixon Band (2005) on Live at World Cafe
• Cassie Steele (2005) on How Much For Happy
• Psychedelic Deja Vu (2006)
• Arklio Galia (2007) Lithuanian version called "Ei, Juozai" on their debut album.
• Bap Kennedy (2009) on Howl On
• Brown Sugar (2009) as an extra on the cassette release of their Deportation EP
• Josh Charles (2010) on the album Trippin the Keys: Music of Jimi Hendrix
• Israel Nash Gripka (2011) on the album Working Class Hero and other Favorites
• Majek Fashek - Nigerian Reggae Star (2005) on the album Rainmaker