album cover
Mack The Knife
349,273
Jazz
Mack The Knife was released on January 7, 2000 by Columbia/Legacy as a part of the album Super Hits
album cover
Most Popular
Past 7 Days
01:00 - 01:05
Mack The Knife was discovered most frequently at around 1 minutes into the song during the past week
00:00
00:25
00:35
00:40
01:05
01:45
01:55
02:25
02:40
02:45
03:00
03:15
00:00
03:22

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Vocals
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Trumpet, Vocals
Barrett Deems
Barrett Deems
Drums
Billy Kyle
Billy Kyle
Piano
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Bass
Arvell Shaw
Arvell Shaw
Bass, Bass
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
Clarinet
Trummy Young
Trummy Young
Trombone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Lyrics, Songwriter, Librettist
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
Composer, Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars
Recording Engineer, Producer
Michael Brooks
Michael Brooks
Producer
George Avakian
George Avakian
Original Producer
Larry Keyes
Larry Keyes
Mastering Engineer, Audio Restoration

Lyrics

Dig, man, there goes Mack the Knife!
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them a-pearly white
Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight
When the shark bites with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears Macheath, dear
So there's not a trace, mmm, of red
On the sidewalk, Sunday mornin', baby
Lies a body oozin' life
Someone's sneakin' around the corner
Is the someone Mack the Knife?
From a tugboat by the river, baby
A cement bag's droopin' down
Yeah, the cement's just for the weight, dear
Bet you Mack, he's back in town
Lookie here, Louie Miller disappeared, dear
After drawing out his cash
And Macheath spends like a sailor
Did our boy do something rash?
Suky Tawdry, Jenny Diver
Lotte Lenya, sweet Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, dears
Now that Mackie's back in town (take it, Satch)
Written by: Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out􀆄 copy􀐅􀋲

Loading...