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I Put A Spell On You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Sanatçı biyografisi Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Jalacy Hawkins July 18 1929 – February 12 2000 Was An American Musician Singer And Actor Famed For His Powerful Operatic Vocal Delivery And Wildly Theatrical Performances Of Songs Such As "I Put A Spell On You" And "Frenzy". Born And Raised In Cleveland Ohio Hawkins Studied Classical Piano As A Child And Learned Guitar In His Twenties. His Initial Goal Was To Become An Opera Singer Hawkins Has Cited Paul Robeson As His Musical Idol In Interviews But When His Initial Ambitions Failed He Began His Career As A Conventional Blues Singer And Pianist.
Hawkins Was An Avid And Formidable Boxer. In 1949 He Was The Middleweight Boxing Champion Of Alaska.
In 1951 Hawkins Joined Guitarist Tiny Grimes's Band And Was Subsequently Featured On Some Of Grimes's Recordings. When Hawkins Became A Solo Performer He Often Performed In A Stylish Wardrobe Of Leopard Skins Red Leather And Wild Hats. His Most Successful Recording "I Put A Spell On You" 1956 Was Selected As One Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. According To The AllMusic Guide To The Blues "Hawkins Originally Envisioned The Tune As A Refined Ballad." The Entire Band Was Intoxicated During A Recording Session Where "Hawkins Screamed Grunted And Gurgled His Way Through The Tune With Utter Drunken Abandon." The Resulting Performance Was No Ballad But Instead A "raw Guttural Track" That Became His Greatest Commercial Success And Reportedly Surpassed A Million Copies In Sales Although It Failed To Make The Billboard Pop Or R&B Charts.
The Performance Was Mesmerizing Although Hawkins Himself Blacked Out And Was Unable To Remember The Session. Afterward He Had To Relearn The Song From The Recorded Version. Meanwhile The Record Label Released A Second Version Of The Single Removing Most Of The Grunts That Had Embellished The Original Performance This Was In Response To Complaints About The Recording's Overt Sexuality. Nonetheless It Was Banned From Radio In Some Areas.
Soon After The Release Of "I Put A Spell On You" Radio Disc Jockey Alan Freed Offered Hawkins $300 To Emerge From A Coffin Onstage. Hawkins Accepted And Soon Created An Outlandish Stage Persona In Which Performances Began With The Coffin And Included "gold And Leopard Skin Costumes And Notable Voodoo Stage Props Such As His Smoking Skull On A Stick – Named Henry – And Rubber Snakes." These Props Were Suggestive Of Voodoo But Also Presented With Comic Overtones That Invited Comparison To "a Black Vincent Price." He Continued To Tour And Record Through The 1960s And 1970s Particularly In Europe Where He Was Very Popular. He Appeared In Performance As Himself In The Alan Freed Bio-Pic American Hot Wax In 1978. Subsequently Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Featured "I Put A Spell On You" On The Soundtrack – And Deep In The Plot – Of His Film Stranger Than Paradise 1983 And Then Hawkins Himself As A Hotel Night Clerk In His Mystery Train And In Roles In Álex De La Iglesia's Perdita Durango And Bill Duke's Adaptation Of Chester Himes' A Rage In Harlem.
His 1957 Single "Frenzy" Found On The Early 1980s Compilation Of The Same Name Was Included In The Compilation CD Songs In The Key Of X Music From And Inspired By The X-Files In 1996. This Song Was Featured In The Show's Season 2 Episode "Humbug". It Was Also Covered By The Band Batmobile. "I Put A Spell On You" Was Featured During The Show And Over The Credits Of Episode 303 Of The Simpsons.
In 1983 Hawkins Relocated To The New York Area. In 1984 And 1985 Hawkins Collaborated With Garage Rockers The Fuzztones Resulting In "Screamin' Jay Hawkins And The Fuzztones Live" Album Recorded At Irving Plaza In December 1984. They Perform In The 1986 Movie Joey.
In July 1991 Hawkins Released His Album Black Music For White People. The Record Features Covers Of Two Tom Waits Compositions "Heart Attack And Vine" Which Later That Year Was Used In A European Levi's Advertisement Without Waits' Permission Resulting In A Lawsuit And "Ice Cream Man" Which Contrary To Popular Belief Is A Waits Original And Not A Cover Of The John Brim Classic . Hawkins Also Covered The Waits Song "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" For His Album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993 His Version Of "Heart Attack And Vine" Became His Only UK Hit Reaching #42 On The UK Singles Chart.
When Dread Zeppelin Recorded Their "disco" Album It's Not Unusual In 1992 Producer Jah Paul Jo Asked Hawkins To Guest. He Performed The Songs "Jungle Boogie" And "Disco Inferno".
Hawkins Also Toured With The Clash And Nick Cave During This Period And Not Only Became A Fixture Of Blues Festivals But Appeared At Many Film Festivals As Well Including The Telluride Film Festival Premier Of Mystery Train.
Hawkins Died On February 12 2000 After Surgery To Treat An Aneurysm. He Left Behind Many Children By Many Women An Estimated 55 At The Time Of His Death And Upon Investigation That Number "soon Became Perhaps 75 Offspring". Although Hawkins Was Not A Major Success As A Recording Artist His Highly Theatrical Performances From "I Put A Spell On You" Onward Earned Him A Steady Career As A Live Performer For Decades Afterward And Influenced Subsequent Acts. He Opened For Fats Domino Tiny Grimes And The Rolling Stones. This Exposure In Turn Influenced Rock Groups Such As The Cramps Screaming Lord Sutch Black Sabbath Arthur Brown Dread Zeppelin The Horrors Marilyn Manson Tom Waits Alice Cooper And Glenn Danzig.
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Screamin'-Jay-Hawkins - Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie
“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 Dubious – Discuss 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. "I Put A Spell On You" Became A Quick Success Despite Being Banned By Some Stores And Radio Stations. A Softer Version Minus Certain Sounds Deemed "cannibalistic" Reached The Top 40 And Brought Hawkins Together With Alan Freed And His "Rock And Roll Review". Up To This Time Hawkins Had Been A Blues Performer Emotional But Not Wild. Freed Suggested A Gimmick To Capitalize On The "demented" Sound Of "I Put A Spell On You" Hawkins Wore A Long Cape And Appeared Onstage By Rising Out Of A Coffin In The Midst Of Smoke And Fog. The Act Was A Sensation Later Bolstered By Tusks Worn In Hawkins' Nose On-Stage Snakes And Fireworks And A Cigarette-Smoking Skull Named "Henry". The Theatrical Act Was One Of The First Shock Rock Performances And Was The Progenitor Of Much That Came Later In Rock And Roll Including Dr. John Alice Cooper Eric Burdon Screaming Lord Sutch Warren Zevon Arthur Brown Black Sabbath Ted Nugent George Clinton The Butthole Surfers The Cramps And Marilyn Manson Among The Many Who Vied For Hawkins' Title As A Rock And Roll Madman. “I Put A Spell On You” Single By Sonique Released 25 April 2001 US Format CD Single Genre Pop Sonique Singles Chronology "Sky" 2000 "I Put A Spell On You" 2001 "Can't Make Up My Mind" 2003 Alternate Cover Image |Alternate Cover|200px Edit Covers And Samples
"I Put A Spell On You" Has Been Covered Dozens Of Times Perhaps Most Famously By Nina Simone On The 1965 Album I Put A Spell On You But Also By Performers Such As Alan Price The Animals Natacha Atlas Audience Jimmy Barnes Batmobile Tab Benoit Eric Burdon Performed It Live At His Show In Lugano In 2006. Nick Cave's Band The Birthday Party Champion With Guest Vocalist Betty Bonifassi Ray Charles Joe Cocker Crazy World Of Arthur Brown Creedence Clearwater Revival Who Performed It At Woodstock Tim Curry Julien Doré Eels Estelle Bryan Ferry. This Cover Peaked At #18 In The UK Charts In 1993. Diamanda Galas Buddy Guy Featuring Carlos Santana Veronika Harcsa Hungarian Jazz Singer Jarboe Queen Latifah Phil Lesh & Friends Famously Covered The Song At The Nokia Theater In New York City On Halloween Night 2007 Marilyn Manson Katie Melua Kim Nalley Alan Price And The Electric Blues Company Gabriel Rios Roxy Music She And Him Sonique's Version Of The Song Peaked At #8 In The UK In 2001. Them Featuring Van Morrison Pete Townshend On His Deep End Live! Album With David Gilmour . Bonnie Tyler Leslie West Demon Fuzz Most Of The Covers Treat The Song Seriously Few Attempt To Duplicate Hawkins's Bravura Performance. Arthur Brown Comes Close. In 1966 James Brown Used An Arrangement Near Identical To "I Put A Spell On You"'s For His Hit "It's A Man's Man's Man's World". In 1967 The Arrangement Was Used Once More For Frank Sinatra's "The World We Knew Over And Over ". Also It Has Been Sampled On Tracks By The Notorious B.I.G. “Kick In The Door” The Beatnuts "Se Acabo" And LL Cool J “LL Cool J” . It Is Also Sung By Bette Midler Kathy Najimy And Sarah Jessica Parker In The 1993 Disney Film Hocus Pocus. Edit In The Media
In Films It Has Been Performed With Different Lyrics By Bette Midler In Disney's Halloween Movie Hocus Pocus Of Which This Version Has Been Used As Exit Music For The HalloWishes Halloween-Themed Fireworks Show At Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party In Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom Theme Park While The Original Version Has Also Been Covered By Diamanda Galás Which Was Featured In Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. Marilyn Manson's Version Was Featured In David Lynch's Lost Highway As Well As Television Ads For M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense. The Creedence Clearwater Revival Version And The Nina Simone Version Were Used In Rebecca Miller's The Ballad Of Jack And Rose. It Has Been Also Played In An Episode Of The Simpsons I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can And An Episode Of The PJ's. It Was Featured In The Movie Stranger Than Paradise. Hawkins Performed The Song On Film In A Rage In Harlem And The Song Was Also Used In The Supernatural Episode "Malleus Maleficarum". The Hawkins Version Has Even Become A Standard Accompaniment For Ice Skaters Including Michelle Kwan Alexei Urmanov And The Team Of Elizabeth Punsalan And Jerod Swallow. The Song Has Also Figured In Countless Radio And Television Advertisements Such As Those For Pringles Levi's McDonald's And Burger King. It Has Recently Featured In The BBC's Holby City Promotional Advert And Rock Musician Danko Jones Plays The Track After Every Live Show He Performs With His Band. Don Imus Has Used A Sample Of This Song To Bridge A Cut To A Radio Commercial For Many Years
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Biography - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Jalacy Hawkins July 18 1929 – February 12 2000 Was An American Musician Singer And Actor Famed For His Powerful Operatic Vocal Delivery And Wildly Theatrical Performances Of Songs Such As "I Put A Spell On You" And "Frenzy". Born And Raised In Cleveland Ohio Hawkins Studied Classical Piano As A Child And Learned Guitar In His Twenties. His Initial Goal Was To Become An Opera Singer Hawkins Has Cited Paul Robeson As His Musical Idol In Interviews But When His Initial Ambitions Failed He Began His Career As A Conventional Blues Singer And Pianist.
Hawkins Was An Avid And Formidable Boxer. In 1949 He Was The Middleweight Boxing Champion Of Alaska.
In 1951 Hawkins Joined Guitarist Tiny Grimes's Band And Was Subsequently Featured On Some Of Grimes's Recordings. When Hawkins Became A Solo Performer He Often Performed In A Stylish Wardrobe Of Leopard Skins Red Leather And Wild Hats. His Most Successful Recording "I Put A Spell On You" 1956 Was Selected As One Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. According To The AllMusic Guide To The Blues "Hawkins Originally Envisioned The Tune As A Refined Ballad." The Entire Band Was Intoxicated During A Recording Session Where "Hawkins Screamed Grunted And Gurgled His Way Through The Tune With Utter Drunken Abandon." The Resulting Performance Was No Ballad But Instead A "raw Guttural Track" That Became His Greatest Commercial Success And Reportedly Surpassed A Million Copies In Sales Although It Failed To Make The Billboard Pop Or R&B Charts.
The Performance Was Mesmerizing Although Hawkins Himself Blacked Out And Was Unable To Remember The Session. Afterward He Had To Relearn The Song From The Recorded Version. Meanwhile The Record Label Released A Second Version Of The Single Removing Most Of The Grunts That Had Embellished The Original Performance This Was In Response To Complaints About The Recording's Overt Sexuality. Nonetheless It Was Banned From Radio In Some Areas.
Soon After The Release Of "I Put A Spell On You" Radio Disc Jockey Alan Freed Offered Hawkins $300 To Emerge From A Coffin Onstage. Hawkins Accepted And Soon Created An Outlandish Stage Persona In Which Performances Began With The Coffin And Included "gold And Leopard Skin Costumes And Notable Voodoo Stage Props Such As His Smoking Skull On A Stick – Named Henry – And Rubber Snakes." These Props Were Suggestive Of Voodoo But Also Presented With Comic Overtones That Invited Comparison To "a Black Vincent Price." He Continued To Tour And Record Through The 1960s And 1970s Particularly In Europe Where He Was Very Popular. He Appeared In Performance As Himself In The Alan Freed Bio-Pic American Hot Wax In 1978. Subsequently Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Featured "I Put A Spell On You" On The Soundtrack – And Deep In The Plot – Of His Film Stranger Than Paradise 1983 And Then Hawkins Himself As A Hotel Night Clerk In His Mystery Train And In Roles In Álex De La Iglesia's Perdita Durango And Bill Duke's Adaptation Of Chester Himes' A Rage In Harlem.
His 1957 Single "Frenzy" Found On The Early 1980s Compilation Of The Same Name Was Included In The Compilation CD Songs In The Key Of X Music From And Inspired By The X-Files In 1996. This Song Was Featured In The Show's Season 2 Episode "Humbug". It Was Also Covered By The Band Batmobile. "I Put A Spell On You" Was Featured During The Show And Over The Credits Of Episode 303 Of The Simpsons.
In 1983 Hawkins Relocated To The New York Area. In 1984 And 1985 Hawkins Collaborated With Garage Rockers The Fuzztones Resulting In "Screamin' Jay Hawkins And The Fuzztones Live" Album Recorded At Irving Plaza In December 1984. They Perform In The 1986 Movie Joey.
In July 1991 Hawkins Released His Album Black Music For White People. The Record Features Covers Of Two Tom Waits Compositions "Heart Attack And Vine" Which Later That Year Was Used In A European Levi's Advertisement Without Waits' Permission Resulting In A Lawsuit And "Ice Cream Man" Which Contrary To Popular Belief Is A Waits Original And Not A Cover Of The John Brim Classic . Hawkins Also Covered The Waits Song "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" For His Album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993 His Version Of "Heart Attack And Vine" Became His Only UK Hit Reaching #42 On The UK Singles Chart.
When Dread Zeppelin Recorded Their "disco" Album It's Not Unusual In 1992 Producer Jah Paul Jo Asked Hawkins To Guest. He Performed The Songs "Jungle Boogie" And "Disco Inferno".
Hawkins Also Toured With The Clash And Nick Cave During This Period And Not Only Became A Fixture Of Blues Festivals But Appeared At Many Film Festivals As Well Including The Telluride Film Festival Premier Of Mystery Train.
Hawkins Died On February 12 2000 After Surgery To Treat An Aneurysm. He Left Behind Many Children By Many Women An Estimated 55 At The Time Of His Death And Upon Investigation That Number "soon Became Perhaps 75 Offspring". Although Hawkins Was Not A Major Success As A Recording Artist His Highly Theatrical Performances From "I Put A Spell On You" Onward Earned Him A Steady Career As A Live Performer For Decades Afterward And Influenced Subsequent Acts. He Opened For Fats Domino Tiny Grimes And The Rolling Stones. This Exposure In Turn Influenced Rock Groups Such As The Cramps Screaming Lord Sutch Black Sabbath Arthur Brown Dread Zeppelin The Horrors Marilyn Manson Tom Waits Alice Cooper And Glenn Danzig. read less
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Hawkins Was An Avid And Formidable Boxer. In 1949 He Was The Middleweight Boxing Champion Of Alaska.
In 1951 Hawkins Joined Guitarist Tiny Grimes's Band And Was Subsequently Featured On Some Of Grimes's Recordings. When Hawkins Became A Solo Performer He Often Performed In A Stylish Wardrobe Of Leopard Skins Red Leather And Wild Hats. His Most Successful Recording "I Put A Spell On You" 1956 Was Selected As One Of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. According To The AllMusic Guide To The Blues "Hawkins Originally Envisioned The Tune As A Refined Ballad." The Entire Band Was Intoxicated During A Recording Session Where "Hawkins Screamed Grunted And Gurgled His Way Through The Tune With Utter Drunken Abandon." The Resulting Performance Was No Ballad But Instead A "raw Guttural Track" That Became His Greatest Commercial Success And Reportedly Surpassed A Million Copies In Sales Although It Failed To Make The Billboard Pop Or R&B Charts.
The Performance Was Mesmerizing Although Hawkins Himself Blacked Out And Was Unable To Remember The Session. Afterward He Had To Relearn The Song From The Recorded Version. Meanwhile The Record Label Released A Second Version Of The Single Removing Most Of The Grunts That Had Embellished The Original Performance This Was In Response To Complaints About The Recording's Overt Sexuality. Nonetheless It Was Banned From Radio In Some Areas.
Soon After The Release Of "I Put A Spell On You" Radio Disc Jockey Alan Freed Offered Hawkins $300 To Emerge From A Coffin Onstage. Hawkins Accepted And Soon Created An Outlandish Stage Persona In Which Performances Began With The Coffin And Included "gold And Leopard Skin Costumes And Notable Voodoo Stage Props Such As His Smoking Skull On A Stick – Named Henry – And Rubber Snakes." These Props Were Suggestive Of Voodoo But Also Presented With Comic Overtones That Invited Comparison To "a Black Vincent Price." He Continued To Tour And Record Through The 1960s And 1970s Particularly In Europe Where He Was Very Popular. He Appeared In Performance As Himself In The Alan Freed Bio-Pic American Hot Wax In 1978. Subsequently Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Featured "I Put A Spell On You" On The Soundtrack – And Deep In The Plot – Of His Film Stranger Than Paradise 1983 And Then Hawkins Himself As A Hotel Night Clerk In His Mystery Train And In Roles In Álex De La Iglesia's Perdita Durango And Bill Duke's Adaptation Of Chester Himes' A Rage In Harlem.
His 1957 Single "Frenzy" Found On The Early 1980s Compilation Of The Same Name Was Included In The Compilation CD Songs In The Key Of X Music From And Inspired By The X-Files In 1996. This Song Was Featured In The Show's Season 2 Episode "Humbug". It Was Also Covered By The Band Batmobile. "I Put A Spell On You" Was Featured During The Show And Over The Credits Of Episode 303 Of The Simpsons.
In 1983 Hawkins Relocated To The New York Area. In 1984 And 1985 Hawkins Collaborated With Garage Rockers The Fuzztones Resulting In "Screamin' Jay Hawkins And The Fuzztones Live" Album Recorded At Irving Plaza In December 1984. They Perform In The 1986 Movie Joey.
In July 1991 Hawkins Released His Album Black Music For White People. The Record Features Covers Of Two Tom Waits Compositions "Heart Attack And Vine" Which Later That Year Was Used In A European Levi's Advertisement Without Waits' Permission Resulting In A Lawsuit And "Ice Cream Man" Which Contrary To Popular Belief Is A Waits Original And Not A Cover Of The John Brim Classic . Hawkins Also Covered The Waits Song "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" For His Album Somethin' Funny Goin' On. In 1993 His Version Of "Heart Attack And Vine" Became His Only UK Hit Reaching #42 On The UK Singles Chart.
When Dread Zeppelin Recorded Their "disco" Album It's Not Unusual In 1992 Producer Jah Paul Jo Asked Hawkins To Guest. He Performed The Songs "Jungle Boogie" And "Disco Inferno".
Hawkins Also Toured With The Clash And Nick Cave During This Period And Not Only Became A Fixture Of Blues Festivals But Appeared At Many Film Festivals As Well Including The Telluride Film Festival Premier Of Mystery Train.
Hawkins Died On February 12 2000 After Surgery To Treat An Aneurysm. He Left Behind Many Children By Many Women An Estimated 55 At The Time Of His Death And Upon Investigation That Number "soon Became Perhaps 75 Offspring". Although Hawkins Was Not A Major Success As A Recording Artist His Highly Theatrical Performances From "I Put A Spell On You" Onward Earned Him A Steady Career As A Live Performer For Decades Afterward And Influenced Subsequent Acts. He Opened For Fats Domino Tiny Grimes And The Rolling Stones. This Exposure In Turn Influenced Rock Groups Such As The Cramps Screaming Lord Sutch Black Sabbath Arthur Brown Dread Zeppelin The Horrors Marilyn Manson Tom Waits Alice Cooper And Glenn Danzig. read less
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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)[dubious – discuss]
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.
"I Put a Spell on You" became a quick success, despite being banned by some stores and radio stations. A softer version minus certain sounds deemed "cannibalistic" reached the Top 40 and brought Hawkins together with Alan Freed and his "Rock and Roll Review".
Up to this time, Hawkins had been a blues performer, emotional, but not wild. Freed suggested a gimmick to capitalize on the "demented" sound of "I Put a Spell on You": Hawkins wore a long cape, and appeared onstage by rising out of a coffin in the midst of smoke and fog.
The act was a sensation, later bolstered by tusks worn in Hawkins' nose, on-stage snakes and fireworks, and a cigarette-smoking skull named "Henry". The theatrical act was one of the first shock rock performances, and was the progenitor of much that came later in rock and roll, including Dr. John, Alice Cooper, Eric Burdon, Screaming Lord Sutch, Warren Zevon, Arthur Brown, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, George Clinton, The Butthole Surfers, The Cramps, and Marilyn Manson, among the many who vied for Hawkins' title as a rock and roll madman.
“I Put a Spell on You”
Single by Sonique
Released 25 April 2001 (US)
Format CD Single
Genre Pop
Sonique singles chronology
"Sky"
(2000) "I Put a Spell on You"
(2001) "Can't Make Up My Mind"
(2003)
Alternate cover
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[edit] Covers and samples
"I Put a Spell on You" has been covered dozens of times, perhaps most famously by Nina Simone on the 1965 album I Put A Spell On You, but also by performers such as
Alan Price
The Animals
Natacha Atlas
Audience
Jimmy Barnes
Batmobile
Tab Benoit
Eric Burdon performed it live at his show in Lugano in 2006.
Nick Cave's band The Birthday Party
Champion with guest vocalist Betty Bonifassi
Ray Charles
Joe Cocker
Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Creedence Clearwater Revival (who performed it at Woodstock)
Tim Curry
Julien Doré
Eels
Estelle
Bryan Ferry. This cover peaked at #18 in the UK charts in 1993.
Diamanda Galas
Buddy Guy (featuring Carlos Santana)
Veronika Harcsa Hungarian jazz singer
Jarboe
Queen Latifah
Phil Lesh & Friends (Famously covered the song at the Nokia Theater in New York City on Halloween Night 2007)
Marilyn Manson
Katie Melua
Kim Nalley
Alan Price and The Electric Blues Company
Gabriel Rios
Roxy Music
She and Him
Sonique's version of the song peaked at #8 in the UK in 2001.
Them (featuring Van Morrison)
Pete Townshend on his Deep End Live! album (with David Gilmour).
Bonnie Tyler
Leslie West
Demon Fuzz
Most of the covers treat the song seriously; few attempt to duplicate Hawkins's bravura performance. Arthur Brown comes close.
In 1966, James Brown used an arrangement near identical to "I Put a Spell on You"'s for his hit, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". In 1967, the arrangement was used once more for Frank Sinatra's "The World We Knew (Over and Over)".
Also, it has been sampled on tracks by The Notorious B.I.G. (“Kick In The Door”), The Beatnuts ("Se Acabo") and LL Cool J (“LL Cool J”).
It is also sung by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker in the 1993 Disney Film Hocus Pocus.
[edit] In the media
In films, it has been performed (with different lyrics) by Bette Midler in Disney's Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus, of which this version has been used as exit music for the HalloWishes Halloween-themed fireworks show at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom theme park; while the original version has also been covered by Diamanda Galás, which was featured in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. Marilyn Manson's version was featured in David Lynch's Lost Highway as well as television ads for M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense. The Creedence Clearwater Revival version and the Nina Simone version were used in Rebecca Miller's The Ballad of Jack and Rose. It has been also played in an episode of The Simpsons (I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can) and an episode of The PJ's. It was featured in the movie Stranger Than Paradise. Hawkins performed the song on film in A Rage in Harlem and the song was also used in the Supernatural episode, "Malleus Maleficarum".
The Hawkins version has even become a standard accompaniment for ice skaters, including Michelle Kwan, Alexei Urmanov and the team of Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow.
The song has also figured in countless radio and television advertisements, such as those for Pringles, Levi's, McDonald's and Burger King.
It has recently featured in the BBC's Holby City promotional advert, and rock musician Danko Jones plays the track after every live show he performs with his band.
Don Imus has used a sample of this song to bridge a cut to a radio commercial for many years
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