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"Move It On Over" is a 12-bar blues song written and recorded by the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1947. The song was Williams' first major country hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

The song is considered very influential to later rock-and-roll. The song's lightweight subject matter and composition very closely resemble that of "Rock Around the Clock
Rock Around the Clock

"Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar blues from 1952 in music, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers . The song is ranked #158 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time....
," released five years later, which would go on to become the first hit rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 single.

The song follows a man who is forced to sleep in the doghouse after coming home late at night and not being allowed into his house by his wife.






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"Move It On Over" is a 12-bar blues song written and recorded by the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 country music
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1947. The song was Williams' first major country hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

The song is considered very influential to later rock-and-roll. The song's lightweight subject matter and composition very closely resemble that of "Rock Around the Clock
Rock Around the Clock

"Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar blues from 1952 in music, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers . The song is ranked #158 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time....
," released five years later, which would go on to become the first hit rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 single.

The song follows a man who is forced to sleep in the doghouse after coming home late at night and not being allowed into his house by his wife. In the decades since its release, the song has been covered a number of times by artists such as Ray Charles
Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an United States pianist, singer, and songwriter who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues....
, Bill Haley
Bill Haley

Bill Haley was one of the first American rock and roll musicians. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the mid-1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song "Rock Around the Clock"....
, George Thorogood
George Thorogood

George Thorogood is a blues-rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware. He was raised on Clearview Avenue in Naamans Gardens, a suburb of Wilmington....
, and Williams' son Hank Williams Jr.

Chart performance


Hank Williams version

YearChartPosition
1947 Billboard Country Singles #4