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Hit the Road Jack

original song written, composed, and performed by Percy Mayfield
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Hit the Road Jack

Summary

Hit the Road Jack is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,438 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hit the Road Jack's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Hit the Road Jack's composer is recorded as Percy Mayfield[4].
  • Hit the Road Jack's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on Hit the Road Jack was Percy Mayfield[6].
  • Hit the Road Jack was performed by Ray Charles[7].
  • Among the performers on Hit the Road Jack was The Stampeders[8].
  • Hit the Road Jack's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Hit the Road Jack was released on 1960[10].
  • Hit the Road Jack's lyricist is recorded as Percy Mayfield[11].
  • Hit the Road Jack's tonality is recorded as A-flat minor[12].
  • Hit the Road Jack's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hit the Road Jack'}[13].
  • Hit the Road Jack's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • Genre(s): r&b[16]

  • Community tags: r&b[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 09f547a1-bffe-37ef-8909-327ff77c198a[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Percy Mayfield[6], Ray Charles[7], and The Stampeders[8].

Publication

Hit the Road Jack was released on 1960[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

Hit the Road Jack ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,438 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Ray Charles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hit the Road Jack. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-the-road-jack
MLA “Hit the Road Jack.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-the-road-jack.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hit-the-road-jack_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hit the Road Jack}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-the-road-jack}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Percy Mayfield, Ray Charles, The Stampeders
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702403175, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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