"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've done me wrong, baby,
And you'll be sorry someday.
The thrill is gone,
It's gone away from me,
The thrill is gone, baby,
The thrill has gone away from me,
Although I'll still live on,
But so lonely I'll be.
The thrill is gone,
Its gone away for good,
Oh, The thrill is gone, baby,
Its gone away for good,
Some day I know I'll be open armed, baby,
Just like I know a man should.
You know I'm free, free now baby,
I'm free from your spell,
Well 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.
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- 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.