About The Song
“Cocaine” is a song written and recorded in 1976 by singer-songwriter J. J. Cale. The song was popularized by Eric Clapton after his version was released on the 1977 album Slowhand. J. J. Cale’s version of “Cocaine” was a number-one hit in New Zealand for a single week and became the seventh-best-selling single of 1977. Clapton’s version of “Cocaine” was produced by Glyn Johns and released on the 1977 album Slowhand.
The song is an anti-drug song intended to warn listeners about cocaine’s addictiveness and deadliness. Clapton described the song as “quite cleverly anti-cocaine”. The lyrics of the song speak on the “advantages” of the drug, short-term anyway. The song has been covered by many artists and has been featured in various movies and TV shows. It is considered one of Clapton’s most enduringly popular hits.
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Lyrics
If you wanna hang out you’ve got to take her out
Cocaine
If you wanna get down, down on the ground
Cocaine
She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie
Cocaine
If you got bad news, you wanna kick the blues
Cocaine
When your day is done and you wanna ride on
Cocaine
She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie
Cocaine
If your day is gone and you wanna ride on
Cocaine
Don’t forget this fact, you can’t get it back
Cocaine
She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie
Cocaine
She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie
Cocaine