"Sam Hill from Louisville", one of several pseudonyms of Walter Vinson (or Vincson), recorded "Things 'Bout Coming My Way" in 1931 shortly before Tampa Red.

[5] Both songs share several elements with "You Got to Reap What You Sow", recorded by Tampa Red in 1929[6] and by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell in 1928.

[7] The melody lines, played on slide guitar by Tampa Red and sung by Carr, are similar to those in the later songs.

When it was released in 1965,[13] two years after James' death, "It Hurts Me Too" spent eight weeks on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart, where it reached number 25.

[14] Subsequent versions of "It Hurts Me Too" often showed Elmore James' influences, either in the lyrics or guitar parts.

[17] The Grateful Dead began covering "It Hurts Me Too" in 1966, with Ron "Pigpen" McKernan singing the lead vocal.