I Put a Spell on You
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I put a spell on you --"I Put a Spell on You" (1956) |
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"I Put a Spell on You" (1956) 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 No. 313 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Although Hawkins' version did not make any charts, several later cover versions have done so. Nina Simone's version reached 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. The version by The Alan Price Set reached No. 9 in the UK in 1966 and No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. Creedence Clearwater Revival's version reached No. 58 on the U.S. Hot 100 in 1968. In the UK, Bryan Ferry's version reached No. 18 in 1993 and the version by Sonique reached No. 36 in 1998 and No. 5 on reissue in 2000.
The song was featured in Jim Jarmusch's film Stranger Than Paradise.
It has been sampled on tracks by The Notorious B.I.G. ("Kick in the Door"), The Beatnuts ("Se Acabo"), LL Cool J and The Heavy ("Sixteen"), and Legion of Dynamic Diskord ("Rebel Rebel").
