For the Bluegrass tune, see Cripple Creek (folk song).
1969 single by the Band
"Up on Cripple Creek"
Side A of the Canadian single
Single by the Band
from the album The Band
A-side
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Released
November 29, 1969
Recorded
1969
Genre
Roots rock, Americana
Length
4:34 (album) 3:10 (single)
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Robbie Robertson
Producer(s)
John Simon
The Band singles chronology
"The Weight" (1968)
"Up on Cripple Creek" (1969)
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (1969)
"Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on the Band's eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as an (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, with drummer Levon Helm singing lead vocal.
A 1976 live performance of "Up on Cripple Creek" appears in the Band's concert film The Last Waltz, as well as on the accompanying soundtrack album. In addition, live performances of the song appear on Before the Flood, which records the Band's 1974 tour with Bob Dylan, as well as on the 2001 expanded edition of Rock of Ages, originally released in 1972.
The Band performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show in November 1969.[2]
^"Billboard Top 100". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
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