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“I Put a Spell on You”

Single by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
from the album At Home with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Released 1957
Format 7” 45 RPM
Genre Rock and Roll
Length 2:25
Label Grand (1949)
OKeh (1957)
Writer(s) Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Producer Arnold Maxon

“I Put a Spell on You” is a 1957 song written by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also ranked #313 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was later covered by numerous other artists, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Nina Simone, The Animals, Them, The Alan Price Set and Marilyn Manson.

The original version
Hawkins had originally intended to record “I Put a Spell on You” as a refined love song, a blues ballad. He reported, however, that the producer “brought in ribs and chicken and got everybody drunk, and we came out with this weird version. I don’t even remember making the record. Before, I was just a normal blues singer. I was just Jay Hawkins. It all sort of just fell in place. I found out I could do more destroying a song and screaming it to death.”

Some sources claim that “I Put a Spell on You” had been released earlier than 1956 in a more sedate form, but this has not been verified. The date of 1949 for an original release on the Grand label would appear unlikely, since it predates both the formation of the record label and the beginning of Hawkins’s performing career.

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Pepecambil wrote:
13 days ago

Dramático, desgarrado.

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machiste wrote:
13 days ago

very soothing to me

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solartarkovski wrote:
18 days ago

el macabro... daimonium by socrates!

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Teknikolor wrote:
19 days ago

Hey, hey, wait...they got the sample for "Kick In The Door" (The Notorious B.I.G.) from this here song! I knew I heard it somewhere before.

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Ariamari wrote:
21 days ago

this is simply a bloody masterpiece

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Farkaskoldus wrote:
December 2009

Best song ever written.

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Jelenino wrote:
December 2009

crazy, pure & raw ..so good

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Rvetro wrote:
December 2009

Yeah man!!!

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RichardDonne wrote:
December 2009

I way prefer the slower version as featured in Lost in Paradise. This is helluva funky though - wonder if I can find the 7"...

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randomlife310 wrote:
November 2009

I first heard this song in "Stranger Than Paradise" and immediately fell in love with it.

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Pudzinski wrote:
November 2009

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................yep

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marcgindratt wrote:
November 2009

This Is A Song That i Like Listening To When I'm Drunk

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roquegypsy wrote:
November 2009

a true original.

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mjaups wrote:
November 2009

hell yeah,great!powerful.

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DoomOrBeDoomed wrote:
November 2009

Creedence Clearwater Revival's version isn't bad either although I guess nothing can match the original.

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skeletonsdance wrote:
November 2009

I loved how they used this song in the movie "Stranger Than Paradise." Love the song PERIOD!

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cassidy_know wrote:
November 2009

Видео - полное гавно , песня супер . [2]

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stevemmitchell wrote:
November 2009

he's my main man.

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boogie_doggie wrote:
November 2009

Pure genius.

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supersorina wrote:
November 2009

great version...a bit scary...ღ ♫ღ .

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