"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a song written in 1940 by Don Raye, with credit given to Ray McKinley. It follows the American boogie-woogie tradition of syncopated piano music. The song was first recorded in 1940 by the Will Bradley orchestra, featuring Ray McKinley and pianist Freddie Slack. The recording placed in Billboard's "Leading Music Box Records of 1941" at number ten. The Will Bradley Columbia recording was also released on V-Disc as No. 489A by the U.S. War Department in August 1945.