I Just Want to Make Love to You - wikipedia I Just Want to Make Love to You `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' Single by Muddy Waters and His Guitar B - side `` Oh Yeh '' Released May 1954 ( 1954 - 05 ) Format 10 - inch 78 rpm, 7 - inch 45 rpm Recorded Chicago, April 13, 1954 Genre Chicago blues Length 2 : 49 Label Chess ( no. 1571 ) Songwriter ( s ) Willie Dixon Producer ( s ) Leonard Chess, Phil Chess `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' is a 1954 blues song written by Willie Dixon, first recorded by Muddy Waters, and released as `` Just Make Love to Me '' ( Chess 1571 ). The song reached number four on Billboard magazine 's R&B Best Sellers chart. Backing Waters on vocals are Little Walter on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on drums. Waters recorded the song again for the album Electric Mud ( 1968 ). Contents 1 Charts 2 Etta James 2.1 Charts 3 Foghat 3.1 Charts 4 Other artists 5 References 6 External links Charts Chart ( 1954 ) Peak position R&B Best Sellers Etta James `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' Single by Etta James from the album At Last ! Released 1961 ( 1961 ) Format 7 - inch 45 rpm Recorded Chicago, 1960 Genre Rhythm and blues Length 3 : 03 Label Argo Songwriter ( s ) Willie Dixon Producer ( s ) Leonard Chess, Phil Chess In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her début album At Last ! Her rendition also served as the B - side to her hit of that name. In 1996, it was released as a single in the UK after being featured in a Diet Coke advertising campaign. James ' version uses somewhat different lyrics than Muddy Waters ' original. For example, `` I do n't want you to make my bed '' becomes `` I just want to make your bed ''. Instead of forgoing the traditionally female domestic chores eschewed in the original, James clearly states that she wants to perform all of those duties as well as `` make love to you '', whereas in the original, the male singer is essentially saying that his lover need not perform any of the traditional domestic duties -- love making is all he needs. The CD single also included James ' `` Tell Mama '' and `` Stormy Weather ''. In 1996, it reached number five on the UK Singles chart, as well as number 27 on the Dutch singles chart. In 1998, the single also reached the records charts in Belgium : number 31 on the Belgian ( Flanders ) Singles Chart and number 15 on the Belgian ( Wallonia ) Singles Chart. CD single `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` Tell Mama '' `` Stormy Weather '' Charts Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Dutch Singles Chart 27 UK Singles Chart 5 Chart ( 1998 ) Peak position Belgian ( Flanders ) Singles Chart 31 Belgian ( Wallonia ) Singles Chart 15 Foghat `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' Single by Foghat from the album Foghat B - side `` A Hold to Hide In '' Released October 1972 ( 1972 - 10 ) Format 7 - inch 45 rpm Recorded 1972 Genre Blues rock, hard rock Length 4 : 21 Label Bearsville Songwriter ( s ) Willie Dixon Producer ( s ) Dave Edmunds Blues - rock group Foghat released a studio version of `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' on their self - titled debut album in 1972 and released the song as a single the same year where it reached number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was their first hit. A live version was released on Foghat Live and released as another 45 rpm single with `` Fool for the City '' as the B - side ; the single was edited from over eight minutes to 3 : 56. This single version reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. Foghat 's version of the song was used in the films Dazed and Confused and Halloween II. A version with modified lyrics was also used as introductory music to Wolfman Jack 's radio show in the 1970s. Charts Chart ( 1972 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 83 Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 33 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 31 Other artists Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter recorded the song for Super Blues in 1967. The song has also been recorded by : Lee Aaron Adele The Animals Apple Pie Motherhood Band April Wine Chuck Berry Black Sorrows Botafogo Buddy Guy Eddy Clearwater Cold Blood Cold Sweat Barbara Dane Thornetta Davis Willie Dixon Robben Ford The Grateful Dead Isaac Hayes Louise Hoffsten Hush on album, Aloud ' n ' Live ( 1973 ) Etta James Johnny Kidd & the Pirates Freddie King The Kinks Cash McCall Meat Puppets Memphis Slim Van Morrison Mungo Jerry The New Orleans Radiators Johnny Otis Lou Rawls The Righteous Brothers Paul Rodgers The Rolling Stones Saxon Alex Harvey 's Big Soul Band ( The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ) Shadows of Knight Janis Siegel Smith Jimmy Smith Rod Stewart Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers James Blood Ulmer Junior Wells Nanette Workman The Yardbirds References ^ Jump up to : The Definitive Collection ( CD liner ). Muddy Waters. Geffen Records. 2006. pp. 13, 15. B0006273 - 02. Jump up ^ Koda, Cub. `` I Just Want to Make Love to You > Song review ''. AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2010. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 613. ^ Jump up to : `` Etta James Artist ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 8, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Etta James -- I Just Want to Make Love to You ''. GfK Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 14, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` ultratop.be -- Etta James -- I Just Want to Make Love to You ''. Ultratop ( in Dutch ). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 14, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` ultratop.be -- Etta James -- I Just Want to Make Love to You ''. Ultratop ( in French ). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 14, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Etta James I Just Want To Make Love To You UK CD single ( CD5 / 5 '' ) ( 85331 ) ``. Eil.com. Retrieved December 8, 2012. ^ Jump up to : Thomas, Stephen. `` Foghat - Music Biography, Credits and Discography ''. AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2012. Jump up ^ `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' b / w `` Fool for the City '' 7 '' 45 RPM. Bearsville Records ( BSS 0319 ). ^ Jump up to : `` Foghat -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Foghat. Retrieved September 10, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 10 / 29 / 77 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1977 - 10 - 29. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 30. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Muddy Waters Studio albums 1964 Folk Singer 1967 Super Blues 1968 Electric Mud 1969 After the Rain Fathers and Sons 1972 The London Muddy Waters Sessions 1977 Hard Again 1978 I 'm Ready 1981 King Bee Live albums 1960 At Newport 1960 1969 Fathers and Sons 1979 Muddy `` Mississippi '' Waters -- Live 2012 Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 Compilations 1958 The Best of Muddy Waters 1967 The Real Folk Blues 1969 Sail On 2000 Rollin ' Stone : The Golden Anniversary Collection The Anthology ( 1947 -- 1972 ) Noted singles 1950 `` Rollin ' and Tumblin ' '' `` Rollin ' Stone '' `` Walkin ' Blues '' 1951 `` Long Distance Call '' 1953 `` Baby Please Do n't Go '' 1954 `` Hoochie Coochie Man '' `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` I 'm Ready '' 1955 `` Mannish Boy '' 1956 `` Trouble No More '' `` Forty Days and Forty Nights '' `` Rock Me '' `` Got My Mojo Working '' 1962 `` You Shook Me '' Related articles Discography Chicago blues Delta blues Willie Dixon Little Walter Jimmy Rogers Otis Spann Chess Records Etta James Studio albums At Last ! The Second Time Around Etta James Etta James Sings for Lovers Etta James Top Ten The Queen of Soul Call My Name Tell Mama Etta James Sings Funk Losers Weepers Etta James Come a Little Closer Etta Is Betta Than Evvah ! Deep in the Night Changes Seven Year Itch Stickin ' to My Guns The Right Time Mystery Lady : Songs of Billie Holiday Time After Time Love 's Been Rough on Me Life, Love & the Blues 12 Songs of Christmas Heart of a Woman Matriarch of the Blues Blue Gardenia Let 's Roll Blues to the Bone All the Way The Dreamer Live albums Etta James Rocks the House Red - Hot & Live Jazzvisions : Jump The Blues Away Burnin ' Down the House : Live at the House of Blues Compilation albums My Greatest Songs Miss Etta James : The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings Gold Singles `` The Wallflower ( Dance with Me, Henry ) '' `` Spoonful '' `` All I Could Do Was Cry '' `` At Last '' `` Trust in Me '' `` Seven Day Fool '' `` Something 's Got a Hold on Me '' `` Baby What You Want Me to Do '' `` I Got You Babe '' `` Almost Persuaded '' `` Sound of Love '' `` Piece of My Heart '' `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' Related articles Etta James discography Book : Etta James The Rolling Stones singles discography Decca ( UK ) and London ( US ) singles `` Come On '' `` I Wanna Be Your Man '' / `` Stoned '' `` Not Fade Away '' / `` Little by Little '' `` It 's All Over Now '' `` Tell Me '' / `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` Time Is on My Side '' `` Little Red Rooster '' `` Heart of Stone '' `` The Last Time '' / `` Play with Fire '' `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' / `` The Spider and the Fly '' `` Get Off of My Cloud '' / `` I 'm Free '' `` As Tears Go By '' `` 19th Nervous Breakdown '' / `` As Tears Go By '' `` Paint It Black '' / `` Stupid Girl '' `` Mother 's Little Helper '' / `` Lady Jane '' `` Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow ? '' `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' / `` Ruby Tuesday '' `` We Love You '' / `` Dandelion '' `` In Another Land '' `` She 's a Rainbow '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` Street Fighting Man '' / `` No Expectations '' `` Honky Tonk Women '' / `` You Ca n't Always Get What You Want '' Rolling Stones / Atlantic singles `` Brown Sugar '' / `` Bitch '' / `` Let It Rock '' `` Wild Horses '' / `` Sway '' `` Tumbling Dice '' / `` Sweet Black Angel '' `` Happy '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Angie '' / `` Silver Train '' `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' / `` Dancing with Mr. D '' `` It 's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It ) '' `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' / `` Dance Little Sister '' `` Fool to Cry '' `` Hot Stuff '' Rolling Stones `` Miss You '' / `` Far Away Eyes '' `` Beast of Burden '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Respectable '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Shattered '' `` Emotional Rescue '' `` She 's So Cold '' / `` Send It to Me '' `` Start Me Up '' `` Waiting on a Friend '' / `` Little T&A '' `` Hang Fire '' / `` Neighbours '' `` Going to a Go - Go '' ( live ) / `` Beast of Burden '' ( live ) `` Time Is on My Side '' ( live ) / `` Twenty Flight Rock '' ( live ) `` Undercover of the Night '' `` She Was Hot '' `` Too Much Blood '' `` Harlem Shuffle '' `` One Hit ( To the Body ) '' `` Mixed Emotions '' `` Rock and a Hard Place '' `` Almost Hear You Sigh '' `` Highwire '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' ( live ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( live ) / `` Play with Fire '' ( live ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) Virgin singles `` Love Is Strong '' `` You Got Me Rocking '' `` Out of Tears '' `` I Go Wild '' `` Like a Rolling Stone '' ( live ) / `` Black Limousine '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Wild Horses '' ( live ) / `` Live with Me '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) `` Anybody Seen My Baby ? '' `` Saint of Me '' / `` Gimme Shelter '' ( live ) `` Out of Control '' `` Do n't Stop '' / `` Miss You '' ( remix ) `` Streets of Love '' / `` Rough Justice '' `` Rain Fall Down '' `` Biggest Mistake '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' ( live ) Universal singles `` Plundered My Soul '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` No Spare Parts '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' `` Doom and Gloom '' `` One More Shot '' Other countries `` Let It Bleed '' / `` You Got the Silver '' ( London Japan ) `` Rocks Off '' / `` Sweet Virginia '' ( Japan ) `` Star Star '' / `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' ( France, Germany ) Book Portal WikiProject Foghat Roger Earl Craig MacGregor Bryan Bassett Charlie Huhn Dave Peverett Rod Price Tony Stevens Nick Jameson Erik Cartwright Kenny Aaronson Rob Alter Eric Burgeson Brett Cartwright Jeff Howell Phil Nudelman Billy Davis Dave Crigger Albums Foghat ( 1972 ) Foghat ( Rock and Roll ) ( 1973 ) Energized ( 1974 ) Rock and Roll Outlaws ( 1974 ) Fool for the City ( 1975 ) Night Shift ( 1976 ) Foghat Live ( 1977 ) Stone Blue ( 1978 ) Boogie Motel ( 1979 ) Tight Shoes ( 1980 ) Girls to Chat & Boys to Bounce ( 1981 ) In the Mood for Something Rude ( 1982 ) Zig - Zag Walk ( 1983 ) Return of the Boogie Men ( 1994 ) Road Cases ( 1998 ) Family Joules ( 2003 ) Live II ( 2006 ) Last Train Home ( 2010 ) Under the Influence ( 2016 ) Singles What a Shame / Hole to Hide In ( Jun 72 ) I Just Want to Make Love to You / Hole to Hide In ( Sep 72 ) What a Shame / Helping Hand ( Apr 73 ) Long Way to Go / Ride, Ride, Ride ( Feb 74 ) That 'll Be the Day / Wild Cherry ( May 74 ) Step Outside / Maybellene ( Jul 74 ) `` Slow Ride '' / Save Your Lovin ' for Me ( Dec 75 ) Fool for the City / Take It or Leave It ( Jun 76 ) Drivin ' Wheel / Night Shift ( Nov 76 ) I 'll Be Standing By / Take Me to the River ( Mar 77 ) I Just Want to Make Love to You ( live ) / Fool for the City ( live ) ( Jan 78 ) Stone Blue / Chevrolet ( May 78 ) Sweet Home Chicago / High on Love ( Sep 78 ) Third Time Lucky ( First Time I Was a Fool ) / Love in Motion ( Nov 79 ) Third Time Lucky ( First Time I Was a Fool ) / Somebody 's Been Sleepin ' in My Bed ( Mar 80 ) Stranger in My Home Town / Be My Woman ( Jul 80 ) Wide Boy / Love Zone ( Jul 81 ) Live Now - Pay Later / Love Zone ( Aug 81 ) Slipped, Tripped, Fell in Love / And I Do Just What I Want ( Oct 82 ) Seven Day Weekend / That 's What Love Can Do ( Jul 83 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Just_Want_to_Make_Love_to_You&oldid=806461248 '' Categories : 1954 songs Songs written by Willie Dixon Blues songs Muddy Waters songs Willie Dixon songs 1954 singles 1964 singles 1972 singles Chess Records singles Etta James songs The Rolling Stones songs London Records singles Foghat songs Bearsville Records singles Hidden categories : CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Italiano ქართული Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 22 October 2017, at 05 : 01. 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Question: who originally sang i just wanna make love to you
Answer: Muddy Waters