| I Can't Get You Off of My Mind | |
| Published: | November 30, 1948 Acuff-Rose Publications[1] |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys |
| A-Side: | A Mansion on the Hill |
| Released: | December 1948 |
| Recorded: | November 6, 1947 |
| Studio: | Castle Studio, Nashville |
| Genre: | Country, blues |
| Label: | MGM |
| Producer: | Fred Rose |
| Prev Title: | I Saw the Light |
| Prev Year: | 1948 |
| Next Title: | Lovesick Blues |
| Next Year: | 1949 |
"I Can't Get You Off of My Mind" is a song written and recorded by Hank Williams. It appeared as the B-side to his 1948 single "A Mansion on the Hill".
It was recorded on November 6, 1947 at Castle Studio in Nashville. Williams was supported by a group that producer Fred Rose assembled from two Grand Ole Opry bands: Zeke Turner (lead guitar), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), and Louis Ennis (rhythm guitar) were from Red Foley's band while Chubby Wise (fiddle) was a member of Bill Monroe's band.[2] The song is an up-tempo number in which the narrator describes his infatuation with an unfaithful woman.
Bob Dylan recorded the song for the 2001 album Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute. In his autobiography Dylan wrote, "The sound of his voice went through me like an electric rod and I managed to get a hold of a few of his 78s - "Baby, We're Really in Love" and "Honky Tonkin'" and "Lost Highway" - and I played them endlessly...You can learn a lot about the structure of songwriting by listening to his records, and I listened to them a lot and had them internalized."[3]
The The also recorded it for their Williams tribute LP Hanky Panky.