Down on Me (traditional song)

"Down on Me"
Single by Janis Joplin with
Big Brother and the Holding Company
from the album Big Brother & the Holding Company
B-side"Call on Me"
Released1967
Recorded1967
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length2:08
LabelMainstream
Songwriterstraditional, arr. Joplin
ProducerBob Shad
Janis Joplin with
Big Brother and the Holding Company singles chronology
"Bye, Bye Baby"
(1967) 		"Down on Me"
(1967) 		"Blindman"
(1967)

"Down on Me" is a traditional freedom song from the 1920s or earlier that became popular following its 1967 remake by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company.

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