Artist
B.B. King
Lyrics
Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
It's gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be open armed baby
Just like I know a good man should
You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh I'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over
All I can do is wish you well
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
It's gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be open armed baby
Just like I know a good man should
You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh I'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over
All I can do is wish you well
RS500_rank
183
Length
5:25
BPM
90.7
Released Year
1998
Genre Era
Genre
Key
B m
Produced By
Bill Szymczyk
Released Info
Dec. '69 on BluesWay
Chart Weeks
14 weeks
Chart Top
No. 15
Musicbrainz ID
191f82eb-7331-2f17-f770-30a068da89bb
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell
Album
Greatest Hits (MCA)
Song Status
"It was a different kind of blues ballad, and I carried it around in my head for many years," King said of Hawkins' song, which dated back to 1951. The career of the forty-four-year-old King, reinvigorated by the accolades of a host of young guitar heroes, reached its zenith with an inspired performance of the minor-key lament during a 1969 session in which, as King put it, "all the ideas came together."