The Walk (Jimmy McCracklin song)

"The Walk" is a song written by Jimmy McCracklin and Bob Garlic and performed by McCracklin. It reached #5 on the U.S. R&B chart and #7 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.^[1]

"The Walk"
Single by Jimmy McCracklin
B-side	"I'm to Blame"
Released	January 1958 (1958-01)
Genre	R&B
Length	2:49
Label	Checker
Songwriters	Jimmy McCracklin, Bob Garlic
Jimmy McCracklin singles chronology
"Beer Tavern Girl" (1957) "The Walk" (1958) "Get Tough" (1958)
Audio
"The Walk" on YouTube

Other charting versions

• The Inmates released a version which reached #36 on the UK Singles Chart and #107 on the U.S. pop chart in 1979.^[2]

Other versions

• Bill Black's Combo released a version of the song on their 1962 album Movin'.^[3]
• The Hamsters released a version of the song on their 2002 album They Live by Night.
• The T. Rex song "Beltane Walk" from the group's 1970 debut album T. Rex has riffs similar to "The Walk".^[4][5][6]
• Freddie King's famous instrumental "Hide Away" quotes "The Walk" in one of its choruses.
• The Steve Miller Band recorded a version of "The Walk" on their album Let Your Hair Down, which interestingly quotes the main lick from "Hide Away" on the intro.
• The Beatles rehearsed the song during their Apple sessions in January 1969. A partial recording of their version of the song was released on the 1970 bootleg Kum Back and officially on the Let It Be special edition in 2021.