Knock on Wood

E894623

single song

"Knock on Wood" is a popular song best known in its 1966 soul original by Eddie Floyd and its numerous later cover versions across soul, disco, and pop music.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Knock on Wood (album)	1
Knock on Wood (Amii Stewart version)	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ single ⓘ song ⓘ song ⓘ
composer	Eddie Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Cropper NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
followsMusicalStyleOf	Memphis soul ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ disco ⓘ soul music ⓘ
hasCoverVersion	Knock on Wood (Amii Stewart version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (Buddy Guy version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (David Bowie version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (Eric Clapton version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (Otis Redding and Carla Thomas version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (Rachel Stevens version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (Razzy Bailey version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ organ ⓘ
hasNotableVersion	Knock on Wood (1966 Eddie Floyd original) NERFINISHED ⓘ Knock on Wood (1979 Amii Stewart disco version) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	good luck and superstition ⓘ romantic love ⓘ
influencedGenre	disco music ⓘ pop music ⓘ
isCoverOf	Knock on Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ English ⓘ
lyricist	Eddie Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Cropper NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being a classic Stax soul recording ⓘ disco arrangement of the Eddie Floyd soul original ⓘ numerous cover versions across soul, disco, and pop music ⓘ
originallyPerformedBy	Eddie Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Stax Records catalog ⓘ
performer	Amii Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Jim Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedInCity	Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedInStudio	Stax Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Stax Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleReferences	the superstition of knocking on wood for luck ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Covers → hasTrack → Knock on Wood ⓘ

Eddie Floyd → notableWork → Knock on Wood ⓘ

Eddie Floyd → wroteSong → Knock on Wood ⓘ

Eddie Floyd → notableAlbum → Knock on Wood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knock on Wood (album)

Eddie Floyd → notableSingle → Knock on Wood ⓘ

King & Queen (album with Otis Redding) → hasTrack → Knock on Wood ⓘ

subject surface form: King & Queen

King & Queen (album with Otis Redding) → notableSingle → Knock on Wood ⓘ

subject surface form: King & Queen

Steve Cropper → wroteOrCoWrote → Knock on Wood ⓘ