On the Road Again (Canned Heat song)

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"On the Road Again" is a song by the blues group Canned Heat released as a single in August 1968. It reached the top ten on the Top 40 popular music charts and appeared on their 1968 album Boogie with Canned Heat, as well as the 1969 compilation The Canned Heat Cookbook. The song was composed by Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson. Due to his knowledge of Eastern music, Alan Wilson uses a drone, which gives the song a hypnotic effect, and gave the song a psychedelic edge. It features Wilson's harmonica playing as well. The B-side of the single was 'World in a Jug'.

An electro-rock cover version of the song by the French band Rockets appeared on their 1978 album On the Road Again. A similar version has been released in a 2006 single by the Belgian band Telex. Andy Prieboy covered the song on his 1990 album ...Upon My Wicked Son, and Katie Melua recorded it for her 2005 album Piece by Piece.

It is also featured on the Battlefield Vietnam soundtrack

It should not be confused with the Bob Dylan or the Willie Nelson song of the same name.