"Raise Your Hand" is a song written by Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...

, Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd

Eddie Lee Floyd is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".-Biography:...

, and Alvertis Isbell (Al Bell). It was recorded by Floyd and appeared on his 1967 debut album Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd album)

Knock On Wood is the debut album of soul singer/song-writer Eddie Floyd, released in 1967 on Stax Records. The album was recorded between July and December of 1966 at Stax Recording Studio...

. It was released as a single that year, where it reached #16 on the Black Singles Chart and #79 on the Pop Singles Chart

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The song was part of Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...

's concert repertoire and was performed by her at the 1969 Woodstock Festival

Woodstock Festival

Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...

. Her rendition of the song later appeared on the 1993 compilation Janis

Janis (1993 album)

Janis is a compilation album by Janis Joplin, released in 1993. The album features a broad overview of her career from her very first recording in December 1962, to the last songs she did during the sessions for Pearl just a few days before her death in October 1970.-Disc one:#"What Good Can...

. It was also played by The J. Geils Band, and appeared on their 1976 live album Blow Your Face Out

Blow Your Face Out

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. The song has long been a favorite of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for several decades and a 1978 performance of it was included on their Live/1975–85 box set. A version of the song appeared on Clarence Clemons

Clarence Clemons

Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...

 and Temple of Soul's 2004 album Live in Asbury Park, Vol. 2

Live in Asbury Park, Vol. 2

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featuring Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...

on lead guitar and lead vocals. The song was also recorded by Ike and Tina Turner.