<P> Marmalade recorded a version of the song in 1968 because they needed a B - side to their single "Lovin' Things" in a hurry, and because they thought it was a traditional song and as such, the band would get the songwriting royalties from it . Marmalade guitarist Junior Campbell stated in interview that "Jimi Hendrix's version had already sold about 200,000 copies and then we sold about 300,000 on the flip of' Lovin' Thing' . But then the following year, the bloke who'd written the bloody song suddenly turned up out of the woodwork!". </P> <P> Frank Zappa recorded a parody of the song, titled "Flower Punk", on the Mothers of Invention album We're Only in It for the Money in 1968 . The song was one of several on the album that parodied the fashionable hippie lifestyle . Lyrics in Zappa's version included "Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand? / Well, I'm goin' up to Frisco to join a psychedelic band ." Zappa also included the opening chord riff of "Hey Joe" in the song "Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?" from his Zappa in New York album . </P> <P> Patti Smith released a cover of the song as the A-side of her first single, "Hey Joe" b / w "Piss Factory", in 1974 . The arrangement of Smith's version is based on a recording by blues guitarist Roy Buchanan that was released the previous year (and dedicated to Hendrix). Smith's version is unique in that she includes a brief and salacious monologue about fugitive heiress Patty Hearst and her kidnapping and participation with the Symbionese Liberation Army . Smith's version portrays Hearst as Joe with a "gun in her hand". </P> <P> Sonic Youth's song "Hey Joni", included on their 1988 album, Daydream Nation, is titled in reference to "Hey Joe" and to Joni Mitchell, but it shares no lyrical themes with the Billy Roberts song . </P>

Hey joe where you goin with that gun