[2] Bogan recorded it as a mid-tempo, twelve-bar blues, featuring her vocal with piano accompaniment.

The song was performed at a slower tempo and featured prominent slide-guitar lines by Tampa Red.

These early songs were released before Billboard or a similar reliable service began tracking such releases, so it is difficult to gauge which version was more popular, although subsequent versions showed Tampa Red's influence.

[3] Accompanying Nighthawk on vocal and electric slide guitar were bassist Willie Dixon, and pianist Ernest Lane (the single, with its flip side "Annie Lee Blues", listed the performers as "The Nighthawks").

[6] King's version, which included a horn section, was a stylistic shift for the song and it became a hit, reaching number eight on the Billboard R&B chart.