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Born Under A Bad Sign

Name: Born Under A Bad Sign
Duration: 2 min 47 s

Albert King

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Album: King Of The Blues Guitar
Released: 1969
Genres: classic blues, blues, blues rock, soul blues
Length: 2:47
Tempo: 91 BPM
Label: Concord Music Group

What it's about

The song expresses a feeling of consistent bad luck from birth, grieving over a range of problems and misfortunes. Its hook takes a more optimistic, light-hearted view, joking that without bad luck there would be no luck at all.

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Fun facts

Sampled in 3 other songs, like “Born Under a Bad Sign by Rita Coolidge”.
Covered 16 times, including “Born Under a Bad Sign (Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival) by Slash”.
Written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones.
Produced by Jim Stewart.
Recorded at Stax Studios (Memphis.