Whipping Boy
Written by
Chris Darrow
Original Artist
Chris Darrow
Well you can need me
Well I want you to
And you can feed me
How I like that too
But don't you lead me
I won't follow you
Listen here
I don't fear
I don't want to be your
Whipping boy
You can tease me
How I want you to
And you can squeeze me
Baby I like that too
But don't you lead me
I won't follow you
Listen here
I don't fear
I don't want to be your
Whipping boy
You can hold me
Baby I want you to
And you can scold me
Yes I like that too
But don't you lead me
I won't follow you
Listen here
I don't fear
I don't want to be your
Whipping boy
Well you can need me
Well I want you to
And you can feed me
Baby I like that too
But don't you lead me
I won't follow you
Listen here
I don't fear
I don't want to be your
Whipping boy
-
Whipping Boy (Ben Harper)
Song
Whipping BoyMore about
Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsDirected by
JP Plunier
Whipping Boy
Ben Harper
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Album Version
- Like A King / Whipping Boy / I'll Rise (CD) United States DPRO-14145 (11/30/93)
- Whipping Boy (Vinyl) United States SPRO-14150 (11/30/93)
- Whipping Boy (CD) Netherlands BHPRO 102 (11/30/93)
- Welcome To The Cruel World (CD) United States 39320 (02/08/94)
- Welcome To The Cruel World (CS) United States 39320 (02/08/94)
- Welcome To The Cruel World (CD) Netherlands CDVUS 69 (02/08/94)
- Like A King / Whipping Boy (CD) United Kingdom VUSDG 86 (11/07/94)
- Like A King / Whipping Boy (Vinyl) United Kingdom VUST 86 (11/14/94)
- Welcome To The Cruel World (CD) Japan VJCP-3370 (03/28/98)
- Welcome To The Cruel World (Vinyl) Japan 39320 (04/04/00)
- 3: Box Set (3xCD) United States 46694 (04/04/00)
- 3: Box Set (3xLP) Japan 46694 (04/04/00)
- Welcome To The Cruel World: From the Capitol Vaults (LP+7") United States 67984 (02/24/09)
Dust Brothers Remix
- Like A King / Whipping Boy (CD) United Kingdom VUSDG 86 (11/07/94)
- Like A King / Whipping Boy (Vinyl) United Kingdom VUST 86 (11/14/94)
- Gold To Me: Australian Tour EP (CD) Australia 8934672 (04/05/96)
Edit
- Whipping Boy (CD) United States DPRO-14153 (11/30/93)
Live Version(s)
- Later Volume Two: Slow Beats (CD) Recorded 1994-11-15 @ Later... with Jools Holland United Kingdom 8054/524 312-2 (01/01/96)
- The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 1 (Digital) Recorded 2001-10-21 @ Bridge School Benefit United States (11/21/06)
- Lifeline: Tour Edition (2xCD) Recorded 2007-11-15 @ Paramount Theatre Netherlands 227 7032 (06/23/08)
- The Fillmore - March 26, 2015 - San Francisco, CA (Digital) Recorded 2015-03-26 @ The Fillmore United States (03/28/15)
Original Version
- Pleasure And Pain (Vinyl) United States CR 5818 (07/14/92)
Radio Edit
- Like A King / Whipping Boy (CD) United Kingdom VUSCDJ 86 (11/30/93)
Remix-radio Edit
- Like A King / Whipping Boy (CD) United Kingdom VUSCDJ 86 (11/30/93)
- Ground On Down (CD) United Kingdom VUSCDJ 99 (11/24/95)
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