Willin'

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

The song's writing led Frank Zappa to tell George to leave the Mothers of Invention and form his own band, which became Little Feat. [1] Sung from a truck driver's point of view and featuring the line about weed, whites, and wine, the song became a trucker anthem while also being kept off radio broadcast. [2] The track features Ry Cooder on bottleneck guitar alongside the Little Feat lineup. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered Billy Stringssource
• Covered Bob Dylansource
• Covered Deacon Bluesource
• Covered Gene Parsonssource
• Covered Linda Ronstadtsource
• Written by Lowell Georgesource
• Covered Phishsource
• Remixed by Rabit, Willinsource
• Covered Steve Earle & the Dukessource
• Covered The Black Crowessource
• Covered The Byrdssource
• Covered The Radiators & David Brombergsource
• Covered Tom Petty and the Heartbreakerssource
• Covered Uncle Tupelosource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

No country chart has carried this song yet.

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Editions

No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.