You Gotta Move is a song written by Fred McDowell and Reverent Garis Davis. It has been recorded for the first time by Fred McDowell in 1965.

Fred McDowell (12/01/1904-3/07/1972) known by his stage name, Mississipi Fred McDowell, was a band singer and a guitar player in the North Mississipi Style.

Being a well-known song of McDowell, You Gotta Move was most famously recorded by The Rolling Stones and is featured on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.

Fred McDowell Reverend Garis Davis

The song, as made by the Rolling Stones has a haunting and raw acoustic blues-riff and the lyrics has a clear touch of gospel, as Mick Jagger sings as if he were imitating a Southern Black dialect. It's a rustic, Delta Blues song that's led on by Charlie Watts minimalistic drumming and cymbal smashing.