Stop Breaking Down
| "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" | |
|---|---|
Original 78 record label | |
| Single by Robert Johnson | |
| Released | 1938 |
| Recorded | Dallas, Texas, June 20, 1937 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length |
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| Label | Vocalion |
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Johnson |
| Producer(s) | Don Law |
"Stop Breaking Down" or "Stop Breakin' Down Blues" is a Delta blues song recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937. An "upbeat boogie with a strong chorus line", the lyrics are partly based on Johnson's experience with certain women:
You know the Saturday night women,
now they love to ape and clown
They won't do nothin'
but tear yo' reputation down
Stop breakin' down
Please stop breakin' down
The song shares elements with earlier blues songs and became popular largely through later interpretations by other artists, such as Sonny Boy Williamson I in 1945 and the Rolling Stones in 1972.