„Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)” (de asemeni cunoscut ca si „Call It Stormy Monday” sau doar „Stormy Monday„) este un blues scris de catre T-Bone Walker si inregistrat pentru prima data in 1947. In mod eronat este numit uneori „Stormy Monday Blues”, desi acest titlu apartine unei alte melodii, scrisa in 1942 de catre Earl Hines si Billy Eckstine. Walker si-a denumit astfel cantecul tocmai pentru a evita confuzia, fara a reusi intru totul.
Originalul a fost inregsitrat la Black & White Records, produs fiind de Ralph Bass, si a fost una dintre patrunderile lui Walkerin lumea chitarei electrice. Inregsitrarea originala continea si o parte de trompeta interpretata de catre Teddy Buckner. A atins locul 5 in ierarhia R&B din 1948. B.B. King afirma ca ascultand „Call It Stormy Monday” i-a venit ideea de a incepe sa cante la chitara electrica.
Cantecul a devenit un standard pentru cantaretii de blues si rock, fiind realizate nenumarate cover-uri: Albert King, Eva Cassidy, Question Mark and the Mysterians, Jethro Tull, Eric Clapton, Shake Your Hips!, Lee Michaels si altii.
T. Bone-Walker – Call it Stormy Monday lyrics
They call it stormy Moday, but Tuesday’s just as bad
They call it stormy Moday, but Tuesday’s just as bad
Wednesday’s worse, and Thursday’s also sad
Yes the eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Eagle flies on Friday, and Saturday I go out to play
Sunday I go to church, then I kneel down and pray
Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy, my heart’s in misery
Crazy about my baby, yes, send her back to me
Radu Zlati 
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