I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

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"I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" is a classic blues standard that has been widely interpreted by jazz and R&B artists, noted for its slow, soulful groove and themes of heartbreak and escape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalStatus classic blues standard ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasForm 12-bar blues ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle slow blues ⓘ
soulful groove ⓘ
hasNotableVersionBy B. B. King ⓘ
Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Buddy Guy ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Jimmy Rushing ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Louis Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Louis Thomas Jordan

Muddy Waters ⓘ
Nina Simone ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
intendedFor live performance ⓘ
isCoveredBy numerous R&B artists ⓘ
numerous blues artists ⓘ
numerous jazz artists ⓘ
isStandardIn R&B repertoire ⓘ
blues repertoire ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme escape ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
relationship problems ⓘ
oftenFeatures blues guitar ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
oftenPerformedIn big band arrangement ⓘ
small jazz combo setting ⓘ
performancePractice call-and-response vocals ⓘ
improvised solos ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation horns ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
typicalMood melancholic ⓘ
soulful ⓘ
typicalTempo slow ⓘ
vocalStyle blues vocal ⓘ

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Genius + Soul = Jazz → hasTrack → I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town ⓘ
Genius + Soul = Jazz → hasTrack → I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (alternate version) ⓘ
linked to: I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town