"Ration Blues" is a song written by Louis Jordan, Antonio Cosey, and Collenane Clark.

[1] It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in October 1943, and released on the Decca label (catalog no.

[2][3] The song's lyrics describe the inconveniences resulting from the U.S. government's wartime rationing of sugar, meat, jelly, rubber, gasoline, and other consumer products.

"[5] The record found a public that related to the hardships imposed by rationing and jumped by February 1944 to No.

[6] The song was also performed by Louis and the Tympany Five in a short film titled Ration Blues (1944).