“Hey, Joe” is a song about a man planning on fleeing to Mexico after shooting his wife, so it’s real romantic. It was originally written and performed by garage rock band The Leaves in 1965.

“Hey Joe” is not actually a Jimi Hendrix original. Rather, “Hey Joe” is considered a rock standard that originated in the early 1960s. It has been performed, rearranged, and recorded by a ...

As an artist whose finest moments have often derived from getting inside the minds of killers, it's no surprise that Nick Cave recorded "Hey Joe" for his 1986 album Kicking Against the Pricks.By ...