G.I. Jive

This article is about the song. For the Armed Forces Radio Service program, see GI Jive.

"G.I. Jive" is a 1944 song written and originally performed by Johnny Mercer.^[1]

"G.I. Jive"
Single by Johnny Mercer
Released	1944 (1944)
Genre	R&B
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Mercer

Background

Mercer intended to write a song that the soldiers would like,^[1] and the song was the biggest hit of all the songs dealing with soldier life during World War II.^[2]

Chart performance

The single was a hit twice in 1944 by two different performers: Johnny Mercer hit number one on the Harlem Hit Parade for one week and peaked at number thirteen on the pop charts.^[3] Three months later, Louis Jordan, also made it to number one on both the Harlem Hit Parade and the pop chart with "G.I. Jive".^[4]