The Thrill Is Gone
| "The Thrill Is Gone" | ||||
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| Single by B.B. King | ||||
| from the album Completely Well | ||||
| B-side | "You're Mean" | |||
| Released | December 1969 | |||
| Recorded | June 1969 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul blues | |||
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| Label | Bluesway/ABC | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins | |||
| Producer(s) | Bill Szymczyk | |||
| B.B. King singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "The Thrill Is Gone" (album version) on YouTube | ||||
"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gone" became a major hit for B.B. King. His rendition helped make the song a blues standard.