"
Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on the
Band's eponymous second album,
The Band. It was released as an (edited)
single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached #25 on the
Billboard Hot 100. "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist and principal songwriter
Robbie Robertson, with drummer
Levon Helm singing lead vocal.