Move It On Over

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"Move It On Over" is a song written and recorded by the American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1947. The song was Williams' first major country hit, reaching #4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Though it bears some similarities to Charley Patton's "Going to Move to Alabama," Williams' rendition is considered influential to later rock-and-roll. The song's lightweight subject matter and composition resemble that of "Rock Around the Clock," released five years later.

The song follows a man who is forced to sleep in the doghouse after coming home late at night and not being allowed into his house by his wife. In the decades since its release, the song has been covered a number of times by artists such as Ray Charles, Bill Haley, George Thorogood, and Williams' son Hank Williams Jr.