"The Thrill Is Gone" — his signature song and his greatest commercial hit. Cold, precise, devastating.
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you're doing me wrong baby
but you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone away from me
Although, I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
I'ts gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be over it all baby
Just like I know a good man should
You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
Oh, I'm free, free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's all over
All I can do is wish you well
Знаете ли вы, что...
- From Completely Well (1969). Reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the R&B chart. Roy Hawkins wrote it in 1951; B.B. King transformed it with a string arrangement that brought him a mainstream audience he'd never had before.