"I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Here are twelve versions of this very influential rock song.
Jay Hawkins originally wrote it as a love ballad about a girlfriend who had dumbed him. The studio liked the song but didn't think a ballad would sell so the producer got the band drunk before the recording and this wild version was the result. It is such a timeless classic of heartbreak and desperate love and it has been interpreted in many styles by many artists since it was first released in 1956. One of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and number 313 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins 1956 Original Song writer and performer
- The Alan Price Set 1966 This version hit #9 in the UK
- The Animals 1966
- Nina Simone 1965
- Creedence Clearwater Revival 1968 CCR performed this at Woodstock
- Tim Curry 1981
- Bryan Ferry 1993
- Bette Midler 1993 From the Disney film Hocus Pocus.
- Marilyn Manson 1995 Hit #36 in the US.
- Sonique 1998
- Jeff Beck ft. Joss Stone 2010 This version was nominated for a Grammy
- Annie Lennox 2014
Most people today would recognize the popular version from Hocus Pocus. Here is a recent version done on the Kelly Clarkson show during her ever popular Kellyoke segment.
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