<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Vance" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Me and Bobby McGee" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Where Have All the Average People Gone" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Vance" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Me and Bobby McGee" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Where Have All the Average People Gone" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by American singer - songwriter Kris Kristofferson and songwriter Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller . A posthumously - released version by Janis Joplin topped the U.S. singles chart in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. 1 single in U.S. chart history after "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding . Billboard ranked Joplin's version as the No. 11 song for 1971 . </P> <P> Other recordings of the song include those by Waylon Jennings, Grateful Dead, Kristofferson himself, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Gordon Lightfoot, and Miranda Lambert . </P>

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