I Put A Spell On You

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Billy from Pittsburgh, PaThis song was used in a 2004 jeans commercial (Levi's, I think?) where a mannequin stalks a department store worker who took the jeans off of it. Kind of creepy. Christian from Paris, La FranceI put a spell on you a été il y a quelques années un support pur la boisson française "Perrier" elle Était magnifique..........j'aimerais connaitre toutes les versions et tous les interprétées de I put a spell on you.......thank you .....Chris a b Irvin, Jim (2007). The Mojo Collection (4thed.). Canongate Books. p.46. ISBN 978-18-476-76-436.

Empress from Portland Orreferring to PO from Portland OR. I'm also trying to find out the title of this vampire movie. Screamin' Jay Hawkins also performed the song in this movie about the girl stalked by the vampire. The title also included the word Love. If they would air it from time to time I think it would become a cult classic. If I find out i'll post it here and if you find please do the same. From the wiki: “‘I Put a Spell on You’ was written in 1956 by Jalacy ‘Screamin’ Jay’ Hawkins. Hawkins first recorded the song as a ballad during his stint with Grand Records in late 1955. However, that version was not released at the time (it has since been reissued on Hawkins’ UK compilation The Whamee 1953–55). Jerry from Eatontown, NjScreaming Jay was very unique but Creedence did the song justice. As a matter of fact any long Creedence song is worth listening to.Susie Q, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, and my Personal Favorite Keep On Chooglin Nina Simone’s version from her album of the same name reached #120 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #23 on the R&B charts in 1965; it also reached #49 on the UK singles chart that year, and #28 when it was reissued in 1969. A single release by The Alan Price Set reached #9 in the UK in 1966 and #80 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown covered the song on their 1968 self-titled album, with the promotional single ‘bubbling under’ the Hot 10 at #111. A little over a month later on August 5th, 1965 the song entered the United Kingdom's Official Top 50 Singles chart for a one week stay at position #49...

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Komara, Edward M. (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues: A-J. Routledge. p.415. ISBN 9780415926997 . Retrieved December 4, 2008. Ani from Yerevan, ArmeniaJOHN FORGERTY has also done a gorgeous cover of this song in the album "Premonition" (1998). However, there are many versions of this song, but the original one always remains N1 for me:) Creedence Clearwater Revival turns in a great version of the song, with John Fogerthy somewhat emulating Hawkins’ original screams. Hawkins first recorded "I Put a Spell on You" as a ballad during his stint with Grand Records in late 1955. However, that version was not released at the time (it has since been reissued on Hawkins' UK Rev-Ola CD The Whamee 1953–55). The following year, Hawkins re-recorded the song for Columbia's Okeh Records—the notorious screaming version, which was released in October 1956. However, this version was banned from most radio programming for its outrageous "cannibalistic" style. A truncated version was later released omitting the grunts and moans from the ending of the song, but the ban generally remained. [11] Despite the restriction, the record still sold over a million copies. [12] Joe from Hearentheir, OtherNo one has mentioned yet that Audience recorded the tune on "House On The Hill". The whole album is pretty good.

Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p.1984. ISBN 978-08-57-125-958. Four years later on January 15th, 1969 "I Put A Spell On You" re-entered the UK Top 50 Singles chart at position #44, three weeks later it would peak at #28 {for 1 week}... a b Eden, Dawn (December 1965). "Price on His Head". Goldmine. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007 . Retrieved December 10, 2022. Despite all of this, I Put A Spell On You was Hawkins’ biggest hit, and it has never gone away. The song has become a Halloween classic, ensuring that it is remembered and carried forward every year.Julia Rubiner, Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, Volume 8, Gale, 1992, p.117 Up to this time, Hawkins had seen himself as a blues performer. He would get emotional but not really wild. As I Put A Spell On You had a crazier, almost demented sound, Freed suggested that he capitalize on it and build a persona to match. After some experimenting, Hawkins started wearing a long cape and would appear onstage by rising out of a coffin in the midst of smoke and fog. He would use a “screaming wardrobe” including zebra stripes, bright colors, and sometimes a loin cloth. Though his version never charted, a number of covered versions did; on Billboard's Top 100 chart , Creedence Clearwater Revival's version peaked at #58 in 1968 and the Alan Price Set took their version to #80 in 1966 and to #8 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart... The next day I was sitting at the piano,” Hawkins told The Washington Post in 1990, “wondering why she left me. I didn’t want to admit I was wrong, and I was tapping on the piano and I said, ‘This is so stupid, to walk away and leave me like that without giving me a chance to explain… She didn’t know she’s was messing with a witch doctor… I’ll put a spell on her!’“

a b Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 (1sted.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1. PS If Paul in Perth (or anyone else for that matter) would like a copy of the chords, the band I play in has just started gigging our own version of the song (in Cminor), so just let me know. a b c I Put A Spell On You: The Decca / Deram Singles A's And B's (liner notes pg. 2). Dopson, Roger. Alan Price Set. Connoisseur Collection. 2000.Nina Simone's version, from her album of the same name, reached No. 120 Pop [16] and No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in 1965; it also reached No. 49 on the UK singles chart that year, and No. 28 when it was reissued in 1969. [17] At the time of recording, in 1955, The Beatles didn’t even exist, and thus hadn’t yet “sexually revolutionized” music with their perverse, licentious claims of “want[ing] to hold your hand.” So you can imagine how listeners responded to Hawkins’ song of demonic attraction, which he ended in a series of noises that sounded halfway between your typical, orgasming man and a pig who’d just completed a marathon (different Hawkins recordings culminate in various other animal noises). It was, of course, banned on many radio stations and in stores.