Hey Joe - wikipedia Hey Joe For other uses, see Hey Joe ( disambiguation ). `` Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go ? '' The Leaves ' third release of `` Hey Joe '' Single by The Leaves B - side `` Be With You '' ( 1st pressing ) `` Girl From The East '' ( 2nd pressing ) `` Funny Little World '' ( 3rd pressing ) Released November 1965 ( 1965 - 11 ) April 1966 ( 1966 - 04 ) Format 7 - inch 45 rpm Genre Hard rock garage rock psychedelic rock Length 2 : 40 Label Mira 207 ( 1965 ) Mira 222 ( 1966 ) Composer ( s ) Billy Roberts Lyricist ( s ) Billy Roberts Producer ( s ) Norm Ratner The Leaves singles chronology `` Love Minus Zero '' ( 1965 ) `` Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go ? '' ( 1965 ) `` You Better Move On '' ( 1965 ) `` Hey Joe '' is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and has been performed in many musical styles by hundreds of different artists. `` Hey Joe '' tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico after shooting his unfaithful wife. The song was registered for copyright in the United States in 1962 by Billy Roberts. However, diverse credits and claims have led to confusion about the song 's authorship. The earliest known commercial recording of the song is the late - 1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band the Leaves ; the band then re-recorded the track and released it in 1966 as a follow - up single which became a hit. The best - known version is the Jimi Hendrix Experience 's 1966 recording. The song title is sometimes given as `` Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go ? '' or similar variations. Contents 1 Authorship 2 Early recordings ( 1965 -- 1966 ) 3 Tim Rose and Jimi Hendrix ( 1966 ) 4 Later recordings ( 1967 -- present ) 5 Johnny Hallyday version ( in French ) 5.1 Track listings 5.2 Charts 6 Selected list of recorded versions 7 References 8 Sources 9 External links Authorship While claimed by singer Tim Rose to be a traditional song, or often erroneously attributed to the pen of American musician Dino Valenti ( who also went by the names Chester or Chet Powers, and Jesse Farrow ), `` Hey Joe '' was registered for copyright in the U.S. in 1962 by Billy Roberts. Scottish folk singer Len Partridge has claimed that he helped write the song with Roberts when they both performed in clubs in Edinburgh in 1956. Other sources ( including singer Pat Craig ) claim that Roberts assigned the rights to the song to his friend Valenti while Valenti was in jail, in order to give him some income upon release. Roberts was a relatively obscure California - based folk singer, guitarist, and harmonica player who performed on the West Coast coffeehouse circuit. He recorded the country rock album Thoughts of California with the band Grits in San Francisco in 1975, produced by Hillel Resner. Roberts may have drawn inspiration for `` Hey Joe '' from three earlier works : his girlfriend Niela Miller 's 1955 song `` Baby, Please Do n't Go To Town '' ( which uses a similar chord progression based on the circle of fifths ) ; Carl Smith 's 1953 US country hit `` Hey Joe ! '' ( written by Boudleaux Bryant ), which shared the title and the `` questioning '' format ; and the early 20th century traditional ballad `` Little Sadie '', which tells of a man on the run after he has shot his wife. The lyrics to `` Little Sadie '' often locate the events in Thomasville, North Carolina, and `` down in '' Jericho, South Carolina ( a large rice plantation in the lowlands ) Roberts was himself born in South Carolina. Variations of `` Little Sadie '' have been recorded under various titles ( including `` Bad Lee Brown '', `` Penitentiary Blues '', `` Cocaine Blues '', `` Whiskey Blues '' ) by many artists, including Clarence Ashley ( 1930 ), Johnny Cash ( 1960 and 1968 ), Slim Dusty ( 1961 ), and Bob Dylan ( 1970 ). Some versions change the southbound location from Jericho ( South Carolina ) to Mexico. No documentary evidence has been provided to support the claim, by Tim Rose and others, that `` Hey Joe '' is a wholly traditional work. ( See also the article `` Morning Dew '' regarding Rose and song copyrights. ) Rights to the song were administered from 1966 into the 2000s by the music publisher Third Story Music ( now Third Palm Music ) ; there the author is listed as Billy Roberts. Early recordings ( 1965 -- 1966 ) `` Hey Joe ( Where You Gonna Go ) '' Song by The Byrds from the album Fifth Dimension Released July 18, 1966 ( 1966 - 07 - 18 ) Format LP record Recorded May 16 -- 19, 1966 Studio Columbia, Hollywood, California Genre Garage rock Length 2 : 08 Label Columbia ( no. CS 9349 ) Producer ( s ) Allen Stanton Roberts ' song gained fans in the Los Angeles music scene of the mid-1960s, which led to fast - paced recordings in 1965 and 1966 by the Leaves, the Standells, the Surfaris, Love, the Music Machine, and the Byrds, swiftly making the song a garage rock classic. Both Dino Valenti and the Byrds ' David Crosby have been reported as helping to popularize the song before it was recorded by the Leaves in December 1965. The Leaves, who had been introduced to the song while attending live concerts by the Byrds ( who had yet to record their own version of the song ) at Ciro 's on Sunset Boulevard, recorded and released three versions of `` Hey Joe '' between 1965 and 1966. Their first version was released in November / December 1965 but sold poorly. The band 's third recorded version of the song became a hit in May / June 1966, reaching No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 29 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. The Leaves ' version is notable for being the only recording of the song to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard chart. The Surfaris recording of the song, released on the B - side of their `` So Get Out '' single, is sometimes cited as being the first rock recording of the song, but a number of reliable sources contend that, in fact, the Surfaris ' version dates from 1966, well after the Leaves ' original 1965 version. There is some dispute over exactly when the Surfaris ' recording of the song was released. Some sources list its release date as being late 1965 and other sources list it as being June 1966. However, the catalogue number of the Surfari 's single is Decca 31954, which when cross-referenced with other contemporaneous Decca single releases, allows the release to be conclusively dated to a May -- June 1966 time frame. A June 1966 release date is further corroborated by the discographical information on the website of the single 's producer, Gary Usher. The Standells recorded a version of the song, titled `` Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go '', which was included on their 1966 Dirty Water album. The garage rock band, the Music Machine, recorded a slow, moody, fuzz - laden version of the song in late 1966 which bears a strong resemblance to Jimi Hendrix 's later version. The Los Angeles band Love included a version of `` Hey Joe '' on their debut album, Love, recorded in January 1966 and released on Elektra Records in April. The song was brought to the band by guitarist and singer, Bryan MacLean, who had been introduced to the song by David Crosby during 1965, while MacLean had been a roadie for the Byrds. The band 's lead vocalist, Arthur Lee, claimed in later years that it was Love 's version that turned Jimi Hendrix onto the song as well as most of the other Los Angeles acts who covered the song. Love 's recording of `` Hey Joe '' features slightly different lyrics to most versions of the song ; for example, the lyric `` gun in your hand '' became `` money in your hand '' in Love 's version. The Byrds recording of the song also features the same altered lyrics as Love 's version. Love guitarist Johnny Echols claims that Love 's and the Byrds ' lyrics are the authentic ones. According to Echols, the Leaves ( with whom they were friends ) had heard Love performing the song and asked them for the lyrics. He rewrote them to play the Leaves a `` dirty trick '', accidentally authoring the version that everybody got to know. The Byrds included a recording of the song, titled `` Hey Joe ( Where You Gonna Go ) '', on their 1966 album, Fifth Dimension. The lead vocalist on the Byrds ' version was David Crosby, who was instrumental in bringing the song to the group and in popularizing the song within the larger L.A. music community. Crosby had wanted to record the song almost since the band first formed in 1964 but the other members of the Byrds had been unenthusiastic about the song. By the time of the recording sessions for Fifth Dimension, several other bands had enjoyed success with covers of `` Hey Joe '', leaving Crosby angered by his bandmates ' lack of faith in the song. Byrds ' guitarist and band leader Roger McGuinn recalled in an interview that `` The reason Crosby did lead on ' Hey Joe ' was because it was his song. He did n't write it but he was responsible for finding it. He 'd wanted to do it for years but we would never let him. Then both Love and the Leaves had a minor hit with it and David got so angry that we had to let him do it. '' General consensus within the band and among critics was that the Byrds ' version was n't an entirely successful reading of the song and was inferior to previous recordings of the song by Love and the Leaves. In later years, both McGuinn and the band 's manager, Jim Dickson, criticised Crosby 's vocal performance on the song for not being powerful enough to carry the aggressive subject matter and expressed regret that the song had been included on Fifth Dimension. Crosby himself later admitted that the recording of the song was an error on his part, stating `` It was a mistake, I should n't have done it. Everybody makes mistakes. '' The song would go on to become a staple of the Byrds ' live concert repertoire during 1966 and 1967. The band also included the song in their performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, which is included on the 2002 The Complete Monterey Pop Festival DVD box set as well as on the 1992 The Monterey International Pop Festival CD box set. Tim Rose and Jimi Hendrix ( 1966 ) `` Hey Joe '' 1967 American picture sleeve. Single by The Jimi Hendrix Experience B - side `` Stone Free '' Released December 16, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 16 ) Format 7 - inch 45 rpm record Recorded October 23, 1966 Studio De Lane Lea, London Genre Blues rock Length 3 : 30 Label Polydor ( no. 56139 ) Producer ( s ) Chas Chandler The Jimi Hendrix Experience singles chronology `` Hey Joe '' ( 1966 ) `` Purple Haze '' ( 1967 ) Folk rock singer Tim Rose 's slower version of the song ( recorded in 1966 and claimed to be Rose 's arrangement of a wholly traditional song ) inspired the first single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The ex-bassist for the Animals, Chas Chandler, who was now focusing on managing other acts, had also seen Rose performing the song at the Cafe Wha ? in New York City and was looking for an artist to record a rock version of `` Hey Joe ''. Chandler discovered Jimi Hendrix, who had also been playing at the Cafe Wha ? in 1966 and performing an arrangement of `` Hey Joe '' inspired by Rose 's rendition. Chandler decided to take Hendrix with him to England in September 1966, where he would subsequently turn the guitarist into a star. Rose re-recorded `` Hey Joe '' in the 1990s, re-titling it `` Blue Steel. 44 '' and again claimed the song as his own arrangement of a traditional song. Some accounts credit the slower version of the song by the British band the Creation as being the inspiration for Hendrix 's version ; Chandler and Hendrix saw them perform the song after Hendrix arrived in the UK, although the Creation 's version was not released until after Hendrix 's. It is unclear if the members of The Creation had heard Tim Rose 's version. Released in December 1966, Hendrix 's version became a hit in the United Kingdom, entering the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart in January 1967 and peaking at number 6. The single was released in the United States on May 1, 1967 with the B - side `` 51st Anniversary '', but failed to chart. `` Hey Joe '', as recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with backing vocals by the Breakaways, remains the best - known version of the song and is listed as No. 201 on Rolling Stone magazine 's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2009 it was named the 22nd greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. `` Hey Joe '' was the last song Hendrix performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 and as such, it was also the final song of the whole festival. The song was performed after the crowd, comprising the 80,000 who had not yet left the festival, cheered for an encore. Later recordings ( 1967 -- present ) `` Hey Joe '' Song by Deep Purple from the album Shades of Deep Purple Released June 1968 ( 1968 - 06 ) ( US ), September 1968 ( 1968 - 09 ) ( UK ) Recorded May 1968 Studio Pye, London Length 7 : 33 Label Tetragrammaton, Parlophone Songwriter ( s ) Billy Roberts Producer ( s ) Derek Lawrence `` Hey Joe '' Single by Patti Smith B - side `` Piss Factory '' Released 1974 ( 1974 ) Recorded June 5, 1974 Studio Electric Lady, New York City Length 4 : 41 Label Mer Songwriter ( s ) Billy Roberts ( additional lyrics by Patti Smith ) Producer ( s ) Lenny Kaye Cher recorded a version of `` Hey Joe '' on Imperial Records in late 1966, which peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was included as a track on her 1967 album, With Love, Chér. Wilson Pickett released a version of the song that reached number 59 on the U.S. Hot 100 in August 1969. Deep Purple included the song as the eighth and final track on their 1968 debut album, Shades of Deep Purple and initially listed their own bandmembers as the songwriters. Deep Purple 's seven and a half minute arrangement of the song includes elements of classical music, including parts from the Miller 's Dance, suite no. 2, part 2 of El sombrero de tres picos ballet by Manuel de Falla, on a rhythm reminiscent of the Boléro by Maurice Ravel. Marmalade recorded a version of the song in 1968 because they needed a B - side to their single `` Lovin ' Things '' in a hurry, and because they thought it was a traditional song and as such, the band would get the songwriting royalties from it. Marmalade guitarist Junior Campbell stated in interview that `` Jimi Hendrix 's version had already sold about 200,000 copies and then we sold about 300,000 on the flip of ' Lovin ' Thing '. But then the following year, the bloke who 'd written the bloody song suddenly turned up out of the woodwork ! ''. Frank Zappa recorded a parody of the song, titled `` Flower Punk '', on the Mothers of Invention album We 're Only in It for the Money in 1968. The song was one of several on the album that parodied the fashionable hippie lifestyle. Lyrics in Zappa 's version included `` Hey Punk, where you goin ' with that flower in your hand ? / Well, I 'm goin ' up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band. '' Zappa also included the opening chord riff of `` Hey Joe '' in the song `` Honey, Do n't You Want a Man Like Me ? '' from his Zappa in New York album. Patti Smith released a cover of the song as the A-side of her first single, `` Hey Joe '' b / w `` Piss Factory '', in 1974. The arrangement of Smith 's version is based on a recording by blues guitarist Roy Buchanan that was released the previous year ( and dedicated to Hendrix ). Smith 's version is unique in that she includes a brief and salacious monologue about fugitive heiress Patty Hearst and her kidnapping and participation with the Symbionese Liberation Army. Smith 's version portrays Hearst as Joe with a `` gun in her hand ''. Sonic Youth 's song `` Hey Joni '', included on their 1988 album, Daydream Nation, is titled in reference to `` Hey Joe '' and to Joni Mitchell, but it shares no lyrical themes with the Billy Roberts song. The rock band the Who occasionally performed `` Hey Joe '' during their 1989 tour. Their version was influenced by Hendrix 's arrangement and was dedicated to him. Willy DeVille recorded a mariachi version of the song that was a hit in Europe in 1992, going to No. 1 in Spain. The song was released as a single in Europe and appeared on DeVille 's Backstreets of Desire album. Type O Negative re-titled the song as `` Hey Pete '' ( in reference to frontman Peter Steele ) on their 1992 The Origin of the Feces album and changed the song 's protagonist to an axe - murderer. This fit the song into a story arc spanning several of the band 's own compositions. 1,881 guitarists played `` Hey Joe '' in Wrocław on May 1, 2007, setting what was, at the time, a new Guinness record. The Brazilian group O Rappa recorded a version in Portuguese of Hey Joe. Written by Marcelo Yuka, then the band drummer, and Ivo Meilrelles, the version was recorded in the second album of the group, named Rappa Mundi. The song is about a poor man who lives in a ghetto and see himself obliged to take the way of the crime to survive. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were recorded on November 21, 2006, rehearsing the song for the Channel 4 TV program Live From Abbey Road. 1,572 guitarists played `` Hey Joe '' simultaneously in the town square of Wrocław, Poland on May 1, 2006, breaking a Guinness record. A new record was set when 1,881 guitarists played `` Hey Joe '' in Wrocław on May 1, 2007. Then on May 1, 2008, 1,951 guitarists played `` Hey Joe '' in Wrocław to set a new world record. The record was further broken in Wrocław on May 1, 2009, when 6,346 guitarists played the song in the same venue. A new record was set on May 1, 2012, when 7,273 guitarists turned out in Wrocław. Johnny Hallyday version ( in French ) `` Hey Joe '' Single by Johnny Hallyday Released 1967 ( 1967 ) Label Philips Songwriter ( s ) French adaptation : Gilles Thibaut Johnny Hallyday singles chronology `` Si j'étais un charpentier '' ( 1966 ) `` Hey Joe '' ( 1967 ) `` Petite fille '' ( 1967 ) French singer Johnny Hallyday covered the song in French in 1966. His version reached no. 2 in Wallonia ( French Belgium ). Track listings 7 '' EP ( 1967 ) A1. `` Hey Joe '' A2. `` Je crois qu'il me rend fou '' B1. `` La petite fille de l'hiver '' B2. `` Je suis seul '' Charts Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) Selected list of recorded versions `` Hey Joe '' Sample of Cher 's recording of `` Hey Joe ''. The song was released as a single and included on the 1967 album With Love, Chèr. Problems playing this file ? See media help. 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 No. 31 in the US. The Jimi Hendrix Experience ( 1966 ) Peaked at UK No. 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 No. 94. Allmusic wrote a mixed review, saying it `` makes for some fun '' but was `` not so spectacular '' and `` clearly the wrong material for this great singer. '' Wilson Pickett ( Atlantic 2648, July 1969 ) Peaked at No. 29 on the US R&B charts, No. 59 on the US pop charts, No. 42 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts, and No. 16 on the UK charts. Featured Duane Allman on guitar. Other recorded versions of `` Hey Joe '' include : Love ( 1966 ) on their album Love The Surfaris as `` Hey Joe, Where Are You Going '' ( Decca 31954, June 1966 ) The Byrds ( 1966 ) on their album Fifth Dimension Deep Purple ( 1968 ) on their debut album Shades of Deep Purple Johnny Rivers ( 1968 ) on the album Realization Lee Moses ( 1971 ) on the album Time and Place 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 Seal ( 1991 ) on the `` Killer '' single ; later included on the Set It Off Soundtrack album ( 1996 ). Type O Negative ( 1992 ) parody cover with altered lyrics titled `` Hey Pete '' on The Origin of the Feces album. The Offspring ( 1991 and 1997 ) on their Baghdad EP and, in a different version, as a B - side on their `` Gone Away '' single Body Count ( 1994 ) on their album Born Dead. 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Fifth Dimension Younger Than Yesterday The Notorious Byrd Brothers Sweetheart of the Rodeo Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde Ballad of Easy Rider ( Untitled ) Byrdmaniax Farther Along Byrds Live albums ( Untitled ) Live at the Fillmore - February 1969 Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 Compilations The Byrds ' Greatest Hits Preflyte The Byrds ' Greatest Hits Volume II The Best of The Byrds : Greatest Hits, Volume II History of The Byrds The Byrds Play Dylan The Original Singles : 1965 -- 1967, Volume 1 The Original Singles : 1967 -- 1969, Volume 2 Never Before In the Beginning 20 Essential Tracks from the Byrds Box Set ( 1965 - 1990 ) The Very Best of The Byrds The Preflyte Sessions The Essential Byrds Box sets The Byrds There Is a Season Tribute albums Time Between -- A Tribute to The Byrds Singles `` Mr. Tambourine Man '' / `` I Knew I 'd Want You '' `` All I Really Want to Do '' / `` I 'll Feel a Whole Lot Better '' `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! '' / `` She Do n't Care About Time '' `` Set You Free This Time '' `` It Wo n't Be Wrong '' `` Eight Miles High '' / `` Why '' `` 5D ( Fifth Dimension ) '' `` Mr. Spaceman '' `` So You Want to Be a Rock ' n ' Roll Star '' `` My Back Pages '' `` Have You Seen Her Face '' `` Lady Friend '' / `` Old John Robertson '' `` Goin ' Back '' `` You Ai n't Goin ' Nowhere '' `` Lay Lady Lay '' `` Was n't Born to Follow '' `` Ballad of Easy Rider '' `` Jesus Is Just Alright '' / `` It 's All Over Now, Baby Blue '' `` Chestnut Mare '' `` Full Circle '' Other notable songs `` You Showed Me '' `` Spanish Harlem Incident '' `` Here Without You '' `` The Bells of Rhymney '' `` Chimes of Freedom '' `` Lay Down Your Weary Tune '' `` He Was a Friend of Mine '' `` The World Turns All Around Her '' `` If You 're Gone '' `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' `` Triad '' `` Hickory Wind '' `` Nothing Was Delivered '' Associated people Bob Dylan Jimmi Seiter John Guerin Terry Melcher Gary Usher Jacques Levy Kim Fowley Derek Taylor Johnny Rogan See also : Discography Love Johnny Echols Arthur Lee Ken Forssi Bryan MacLean Studio albums Love Da Capo Forever Changes Four Sail Out Here False Start Reel to Real Black Beauty Compilations / Live albums Revisited Out There The Forever Changes Concert Songs `` My Little Red Book '' `` Hey Joe '' `` 7 and 7 Is '' `` She Comes in Colors '' `` Orange Skies '' `` Stephanie Knows Who '' `` ¡ Que Vida ! '' `` Alone Again Or '' `` A House Is Not a Motel '' `` Andmoreagain '' `` The Red Telephone '' Related articles Discography Jimi Hendrix Original 1966 -- 1970 releases are marked in bold. Studio albums Are You Experienced Axis : Bold as Love Electric Ladyland The Cry of Love Rainbow Bridge War Heroes Loose Ends Crash Landing Midnight Lightning Nine to the Universe Voodoo Soup First Rays of the New Rising Sun Valleys of Neptune People, Hell and Angels Both Sides of the Sky Live albums Band of Gypsys Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival Experience Isle of Wight Hendrix in the West More Experience The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Jimi Plays Monterey Johnny B. Goode Band of Gypsys 2 Live at Winterland Radio One Stages Live Isle of Wight ' 70 Woodstock BBC Sessions Live at the Fillmore East Live at Woodstock Blue Wild Angel : Live at the Isle of Wight Live at Berkeley Live at Monterey Winterland Miami Pop Festival Freedom : Atlanta Pop Festival Machine Gun : The Fillmore East First Show Compilations Smash Hits Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix Musique Originale du Film Jimi Plays Berkeley Re-Experienced The Essential Jimi Hendrix The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two Stone Free The Singles Album Kiss the Sky Live & Unreleased : The Radio Show Cornerstones : 1967 -- 1970 Lifelines : The Jimi Hendrix Story Stages The Ultimate Experience Blues South Saturn Delta Experience Hendrix : The Best of Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience Voodoo Child : The Jimi Hendrix Collection The Singles Collection Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues : Jimi Hendrix West Coast Seattle Boy : The Jimi Hendrix Anthology Fire : The Jimi Hendrix Collection Official bootlegs Live at the Oakland Coliseum Live at Clark University Morning Symphony Ideas Live in Ottawa Baggy 's Rehearsal Sessions Paris 1967 / San Francisco 1968 Hear My Music Live at the Isle of Fehmarn Burning Desire Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968 Live at Woburn Live in Cologne Concert tours The Jimi Hendrix Experience French Tour The Cry of Love Tour Films, books, tributes Rainbow Bridge Jimi Hendrix Stone Free : A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Hendrix Power of Soul : A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Room Full of Mirrors An Illustrated Experience Becoming Jimi Hendrix Jimi : All Is by My Side Related people and acts Curtis Knight Lonnie Youngblood Jimmy James and the Blue Flames The Jimi Hendrix Experience Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Chas Chandler Eddie Kramer Roger Mayer Michael Jeffery Billy Cox Buddy Miles Alan Douglas Leon Hendrix Kathy Etchingham Monika Dannemann Related articles Original discography Posthumous discography List of songs Videography Canadian drug charges and trial Electric Lady Studios Black Gold Death of Jimi Hendrix Book Category Jimi Hendrix songs Are You Experienced ( UK & US ) `` Foxy Lady '' `` Manic Depression '' `` Red House '' `` I Do n't Live Today '' `` May This Be Love '' `` Fire '' `` Third Stone from the Sun '' `` Are You Experienced ? '' `` Purple Haze '' `` Hey Joe '' `` The Wind Cries Mary '' Axis : Bold as Love `` Up from the Skies '' `` Spanish Castle Magic '' `` Wait Until Tomorrow '' `` Little Wing '' `` If 6 Was 9 '' `` Castles Made of Sand '' `` One Rainy Wish '' `` Bold as Love '' Smash Hits ( UK & US ) `` Stone Free '' `` The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam 's Dice '' `` Highway Chile '' `` Burning of the Midnight Lamp '' Electric Ladyland `` Have You Ever Been ( To Electric Ladyland ) '' `` Crosstown Traffic '' `` Voodoo Chile '' `` Come On ( Part One ) '' `` Gypsy Eyes '' `` 1983... ( A Merman I Should Turn to Be ) `` All Along the Watchtower '' `` Voodoo Child ( Slight Return ) '' Band of Gypsys `` Machine Gun '' Historic Performances at Monterey Pop `` Like a Rolling Stone '' `` Rock Me Baby '' `` Wild Thing '' The Cry of Love `` Freedom '' `` Ezy Ryder '' `` Angel '' Rainbow Bridge `` Dolly Dagger '' `` The Star - Spangled Banner '' `` Hear My Train A Comin ' '' Hendrix in the West `` The Queen '' `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band '' `` Johnny B. Goode '' `` Blue Suede Shoes '' War Heroes `` Bleeding Heart '' `` Peter Gunn '' `` Stepping Stone '' Loose Ends `` The Drifter 's Escape '' `` I 'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man ''... And a Happy New Year `` The Little Drummer Boy '' `` Silent Night '' `` Auld Lang Syne '' Radio One / BBC Sessions `` Day Tripper `` Killing Floor '' `` Hound Dog '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window ? '' `` Sunshine of Your Love '' Other compilations `` Gloria '' `` Peace in Mississippi '' `` Born Under a Bad Sign '' `` Mannish Boy '' `` It 's Too Bad '' `` Dear Mr. Fantasy '' `` Valleys of Neptune '' `` Tears of Rage '' `` Things I Used to Do '' `` Testify '' `` Mercy, Mercy '' Johnny Hallyday Studio albums Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime Solitudes à deux Hollywood À partir de maintenant En pièces détachées Pas facile Quelque part un aigle La Peur Hallyday 84 : Nashville en direct Rock'n'Roll Attitude Gang Cadillac Ça ne change pas un homme Rough Town Lorada Ce que je sais Sang pour sang À la vie, à la mort ! Ma vérité Le Cœur d'un homme L'Attente Singles `` T'aimer follement '' `` Souvenirs, souvenirs '' `` Itsy bitsy petit bikini '' `` Kili watch '' `` Viens danser le twist '' `` Retiens la nuit '' `` Ya ya twist '' `` Elle est terrible '' `` Tes tendres années '' `` Les Bras en croix '' ( c / w `` Quitte - moi doucement '' and `` Dis - moi oui '' on the EP ) `` Da dou ron ron '' `` Ma guitare '' `` Pour moi la vie va commencer '' `` Le Pénitencier '' `` Un ami ça n'a pas de prix '' `` Quand revient la nuit '' `` Cheveux longs et idées courtes '' `` Noir c'est noir '' `` Si j'étais un charpentier '' `` Hey Joe '' `` Petite fille '' `` San Francisco '' `` À tout casser '' `` Cours plus vite Charlie '' `` Que je t'aime '' `` Ceux que l'amour a blessé '' `` Jésus Christ '' `` Deux amis pour un amour '' `` Essayez '' `` Oh ! Ma jolie Sarah '' `` Comme un corbeau blanc '' `` J'ai un problème '' ( with Sylvie Vartan ) `` Noël interdit '' `` Prends ma vie '' `` Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime '' `` Johnny Rider '' `` La Fille de l'été dernier '' `` La Terre promise '' `` Requiem pour un fou '' `` Derrière l'amour '' ( c / w `` Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi '' ) `` Gabrielle '' `` Ne me quitte pas '' ( live ) `` L'Envie '' ( live ) `` Que je t'aime '' ( live ) `` Tous ensemble '' `` Marie '' `` Mon plus beau Noël '' `` Ça n'finira jamais '' Other songs `` Je n'suis pas un héros '' Films Tales of Paris D'où viens - tu Johnny ? Cherchez l'idole À tout casser The Specialist Point de chute L'aventure, c'est l'aventure L'Animal Détective Terminus The Iron Triangle Why Not Me ? The Man on the Train Crime Spree Crimson Rivers II : Angels of the Apocalypse Quartier V.I.P. Jean - Philippe Vengeance The Pink Panther 2 Titeuf Salaud, on t'aime Rock'n Roll Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction Family Sylvie Vartan David Hallyday Laura Smet Related articles Johnny Hallyday discography Cher singles 1960s `` All I Really Want to Do '' `` Where Do You Go '' `` Bang Bang ( My Baby Shot Me Down ) '' `` Alfie '' `` I Feel Something in the Air '' `` Sunny '' `` Hey Joe '' `` You Better Sit Down Kids '' `` For What It 's Worth '' 1970s `` Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves '' `` The Way of Love '' `` Living in a House Divided '' `` Do n't Hide Your Love '' `` Am I Blue '' `` Half - Breed '' `` Dark Lady '' `` Train of Thought '' `` Pirate '' `` Take Me Home '' `` Was n't It Good '' `` Hell on Wheels '' 1980s `` I Paralyze '' `` I Found Someone '' `` We All Sleep Alone '' `` Skin Deep '' `` Main Man '' `` After All '' `` If I Could Turn Back Time '' `` Just Like Jesse James '' 1990s `` Heart of Stone '' `` You Would n't Know Love '' `` Baby I 'm Yours '' `` The Shoop Shoop Song ( It 's in His Kiss ) '' `` Love and Understanding '' `` Save Up All Your Tears '' `` Love Hurts '' `` Could 've Been You '' `` When Lovers Become Strangers '' `` Oh No Not My Baby '' `` Whenever You 're Near '' `` Many Rivers to Cross '' `` I Got You Babe '' `` Love Can Build a Bridge '' `` Walking in Memphis '' `` One by One '' `` Not Enough Love in the World '' `` The Sun Ai n't Gonna Shine Anymore '' `` Paradise Is Here '' `` Believe '' `` Strong Enough '' `` All or Nothing '' `` Dov'è l'amore '' 2000s `` The Music 's No Good Without You '' `` Song for the Lonely '' `` Alive Again '' `` A Different Kind of Love Song '' `` When the Money 's Gone '' `` Love One Another '' 2010s `` You Have n't Seen the Last of Me '' `` Woman 's World '' `` I Hope You Find It '' `` Take It Like a Man '' `` I Walk Alone '' `` Fernando '' `` Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme ! ( A Man After Midnight ) '' Guest singles `` A Love Like Yours ( Do n't Come Knocking Everyday ) '' `` Dead Ringer for Love '' `` It Ai n't Necessarily So '' `` Più che puoi '' `` Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered '' Book Category Portal Patti Smith Studio albums Horses Radio Ethiopia Easter Wave Dream of Life Gone Again Peace and Noise Gung Ho Trampin ' Twelve Banga Live albums Horses / Horses The Coral Sea Compilations The Patti Smith Masters Land ( 1975 -- 2002 ) iTunes Originals Outside Society EPs Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia Set Free Singles `` Hey Joe '' `` Gloria '' `` Pissing in a River '' `` Pumping ( My Heart ) '' `` Ask the Angels '' `` Because the Night '' `` Privilege ( Set Me Free ) '' `` Frederick '' `` Dancing Barefoot '' `` So You Want to Be a Rock ' n ' Roll Star '' `` People Have the Power '' `` Up There Down There '' `` Summer Cannibals '' `` E-Bow the Letter '' `` Gimme Shelter '' Promotional singles `` 1959 '' `` Glitter in Their Eyes '' `` When Doves Cry '' Other songs `` Piss Factory '' `` Redondo Beach '' `` Free Money '' `` Rock N Roll Nigger '' Books Seventh Heaven Witt Ha ! Ha ! Houdini ! Babel Woolgathering Early Work The Coral Sea Patti Smith Complete Strange Messenger Auguries of Innocence Just Kids M Train Early Morning Dream Band members Lenny Kaye Jay Dee Daugherty Ivan Král Richard Sohl Related articles Discography Patti Smith : Dream of Life Cowboy Mouth Fred `` Sonic '' Smith 50 Photographs Body Count Ice - T Ernie C Sean E Sean Vincent Price Ill Will Juan of the Dead Little Ice Beatmaster V Mooseman Sean E. Mac D - Roc the Executioner Jonathon James Griz O.T. 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Question: who did the original version of hey joe
Answer: the Los Angeles garage band the Leaves