I’m a King Bee
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | James H. Moore (aka Slim Harpo) |
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| publisher: | Campbell Connelly & Co. Embassy Music Corporation |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Brownsville-station-ive-got-love-if-you-want-it-im-a-king-bee-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9987 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0014150412 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q4388427 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Well, jag är King Bee |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1964-01-10 | I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:38 |
| 1965 | I’m a King Bee (1965: studio session – unreleased 7″ acetate) | cover | Pink Floyd | 3:07 |
| 1966-01-08 | King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1966-03-12 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 6:01 |
| 1966-07-17 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 8:53 |
| 1966-11-19 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1966-11-19: The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 5:31 |
| 1966-11-19 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1966‐11‐19: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1966-11-19 | King Bee (live, 1966‐11‐19: Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1966 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 8:53 |
| 1967-03-10 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1967‐03‐10: The Matrix, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Doors | 3:48 |
| 1969-02-11 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1969-02-11: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 5:19 |
| 1969-02-28 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1969-02-28: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:31 |
| 1969-02-28 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1969-02-28: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:05 |
| 1969-02-28 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1969-02-28: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:09 |
| 1969-04-06 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:12 |
| 1969-12-12 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1969-12-12: Thelma Theater, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:44 |
| 1970-01-24 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1970-01-24: Honolulu Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, HI, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 6:25 |
| 1970-05-08 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1970‐05‐08: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | The Doors | 2:37 |
| 1970-11-16 | King Bee (live, 1970‐11‐16: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:17 |
| 1971-02-21 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1971‐02‐21: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1971-02-21 | I’m a King Bee (live at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY 2/21/1971) (live, 1971-02-21: The Capital Theatre, Port Chester, New York, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:32 |
| 1971-02-24 | I'm A King Bee (Live at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/24/1971) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 8:03 |
| 1971-03-24 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1971‐03‐24: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1971-04-05 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1971‐04‐05: Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | ?:?? |
| 1971-04-28 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 8:24 |
| 1971-04-28 | King Bee (live, 1971‐04‐28: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 8:52 |
| 1971 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 7:02 |
| 1973-02-24 | I'm a King Bee | cover and live | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 5:59 |
| 1977 | I'm a King Bee (live, 1977: USA) | cover and live | Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush | 5:53 |
| 1978-07-16 | I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 5:33 |
| 1980-06 | I’m a King Bee | cover | Muddy Waters | 3:52 |
| 1981-11-22 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1981-11-22: Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones | 4:37 |
| 1984 | I’m a King Bee (live, 1984) | cover and live | Little Bob Story with Joël Drouin | 5:11 |
| 1990-10-02 | King Bee (Live, 1990-10-2: Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France) | cover and live | Little Bob | 5:32 |
| 1992 | Queen Bee | cover | Sue Foley | 4:12 |
| 1997-04-04 | King Bee | cover and live | Big Town Playboys | 3:55 |
| 2003-07-11 | Queen Bee -> | cover and live | The Dead | 9:02 |
| 2004-04-22 | King Bee (tease) / Five Years (live, 2004-04-22: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover, live and partial | David Bowie | ?:?? |
| 2005-05-28 | I'M A KING BEE | cover and live | SHINYA OE & HIROYUKI HANADA | 4:39 |
| (I’m a) King Bee | cover | The Doors | 3:56 | |
| [Interview with Bill Wyman]/I'm a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 4:48 | |
| I'm a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:50 | ||
| I'm a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:53 | ||
| I'm a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:51 | ||
| I'm a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:54 | ||
| I'm a King Bee | cover | Thee Headcoats Sect | 3:08 | |
| I'm a King Bee | cover | DC Snakebuster | 3:05 | |
| I'm a King Bee | cover | Lou Rawls | ?:?? | |
| I'm a King Bee | Slim Harpo | 2:59 | ||
| I'm a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:54 | ||
| I'm a King Bee | live | Bob Dylan | 6:59 | |
| I'm a King Bee | cover | The Quireboys | 3:50 | |
| I'm a King Bee (live) | cover and live | Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush | 6:25 | |
| I'm a King Bee / Back Door Man (live) | cover, live, medley and partial | Marty Friedman | 5:58 | |
| I'm a King Bee / Back Door Man (live) | cover, live, medley and partial | Marty Friedman | 2:58 | |
| I'm a King Bee #1 | Mick Jagger | 1:50 | ||
| I'm a King Bee #2 | Mick Jagger | 3:20 | ||
| I'm a King Bee Jam | Mick Jagger | 0:44 | ||
| I'm a Kingbee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:37 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | Peter Frampton Band | 3:59 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | Slim Harpo | 3:01 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Imperial Pompadours | 2:12 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | Steve Hill | 4:21 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | Blues Brothers | 3:10 | |
| I’m a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 5:19 | ||
| I’m a King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:52 | ||
| I’m a King Bee | Slim Harpo | 3:01 | ||
| I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 5:25 | |
| I’m a King Bee (mono) | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:37 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:35 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | ?:?? | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones | 4:53 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:37 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:39 | |
| I’m a King Bee | Ason a.k.a. Big Sonny | 3:45 | ||
| I’m a King Bee | cover and live | Grateful Dead | 8:00 | |
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:37 | |
| I’m a King Bee | Slim Harpo | 2:55 | ||
| I’m a King Bee | cover | The Rolling Stones | ?:?? | |
| I’m A King Bee | Muddy Waters | 3:51 | ||
| I’m a King Bee / Excerpt From ’Back Door Man’ (live) | cover and live | Frank Marino | 8:55 | |
| I’m a Kingbee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:36 | |
| I’m a Kingbee | cover | The Rolling Stones | 2:33 | |
| I’ve Got Love If You Want It / I’m a King Bee | cover | Brownsville Station | 4:14 | |
| King Bee | Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo feat. Sonny Landreth | 6:27 | ||
| King Bee (live, 1985: Salford, UK) | cover and live | Inner City Unit | 4:56 | |
| King Bee | cover | Nash the Slash | 3:12 | |
| King Bee | cover | Gary Floyd Band | 3:31 | |
| Sampling Loop #3 (“King Bee”) | cover and partial | Pink Floyd | 0:04 | |