In 1969, Ike & Tina Turner's version reached the singles charts in the U.S. "The Hunter" is a mid-tempo twenty-four bar blues in the key of A.

[1] Although the music reflects more modern trends in blues, the lyrics contain some of the swagger of the verses Willie Dixon wrote for Muddy Waters in the 1950s: They call me the hunter, that's my name A pretty woman like you, is my only game I bought me a love gun, just the other day And I aim to aim it your way Ain't no use to hide, ain't no use to run 'Cause I've got you in the sights of my love gun The song was recorded on June 9, 1967, at the Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

[2] Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine described "The Hunter" as one of the songs that "form the very foundation of Albert King's musical identity and legacy.

[6] A shorter single edit was also released; a review in Record World noted: "Ike and Tina really tear it up on this, originally done by Albert King; and it's funky and great.

Music critic Mark Deming described it as "a broad but playful exercise in sexual swagger that, if nothing else, provided a lyrical conceit Kiss could use to more profitable effect nine years later".