[3] Newly signed with the Mercury Records subsidiary Smash Records,[4] Miller gathered on January 10–11, 1964, with music producer Jerry Kennedy, music arranger Bill Justis, and session musicians Ray Edenton and Harold Bradley (guitars), Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano), Bob Moore (bass), and Buddy Harman (drums) at the Bradley Studios on Nashville, Tennessee's Music Row.

[5] On the second day, they recorded a run-through of "Dang Me," with Miller giving rehearsal direction (such as "one more time" at the end of the first chorus).

Miller, in his official biography, recalled writing the song in four minutes in a Phoenix, Arizona, hotel room.

"[6] Kennedy had already started work on many other of that session's songs before he eventually brought the recording of "Dang Me" to his home.

Widespread Panic covered the tune as en encore during their acoustic tour on February 11, 2012.