"Knock on Wood" is a 1966 hit song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and originally performed by Eddie Floyd. The Eddie Floyd version peaked at #28 on the Hot 100 and spent one week at #1 on the Soul Singles chart.
The song has been frequently covered, first by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas (1967), and with charting singles by David Bowie (1974) and Amii Stewart (1979).
The song is in chromatic-minor with a tonic major chord.
Famous quotes containing the words knock and/or wood:
“Not many sounds in life ... exceed in interest a knock at the door.”
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834)
“The wood for a temple does not come from a single tree.”
—Chinese proverb.