Mess Around

"Mess Around"
Single by Ray Charles
ReleasedJune 19, 1953
RecordedMay 17, 1953
GenreR&B, stride, blues
LabelAtlantic 999
Songwriter(s)Ahmet Ertegun
Ray Charles singles chronology
"Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand"
(1951)
"Mess Around"
(1953)
"It Should Have Been Me"
(1954)

The "Mess Around" is a song written by Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder and then-vice-president of Atlantic Records, under the pseudonym of A. Nugetre, or "Nuggy". It was performed by Ray Charles, and was one of Charles's first hits.