Mr. Blue

"Mr. Blue" is a popular song written by DeWayne Blackwell that was a hit for the Fleetwoods, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1959, giving the group its second chart-topping hit of the year. Roy Lanham played guitar on the track, and Si Zentner played the trombone.

Chart positions

All-time charts

Other versions

• The song was covered in 1959 by David MacBeth, whose Joe Meek produced version reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, spending one week in the Top 20.
• Bob Dylan demoed the song with The Band in a recording that is featured on . He also performed the song live 26 times in 2024.
• Village People construction worker David Hodo performed the song as "Kid Danger and the Skirts" on the first season of Star Search in 1983. He won his heat, but was defeated in the final by country band Sawyer Brown. The performance can be viewed on YouTube.

Pop culture

The song are briefly featured in National Lampoon's Vacation, A Brighter Summer Day as well as in the television series Watchmen. It is also featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ' (2025), in which Dr. Samuel Sterns / Leader (Tim Blake Nelson) created a form of mind control—which he used on various characters, including Isaiah Bradley—by using flashes of light to plant commands into their subconscious and using the song as a trigger to activate them. Sterns previously used the name "Mr. Blue" as an alias when communicating with Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk (2008).