I Put A Spell On You

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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.

I Put a Spell on You’ has been covered extensively by other artists; there are several hundred cover versions. Most of the covers treat the song seriously; few attempt to duplicate Hawkins’ bravura performance. Although Hawkins’ own version never charted, several later cover versions have. Joshua from Franklin, PaManfred Mann also covered this song. Their version can be found on "Manfred Mann - The Best of the EMI Years."

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Karlin from Nelson, BcI liked the Arthur Brown version. I might still have that vinyl [but no turntable] 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!’“

Paul from Perth, ScotlandI play this song myself, to the accompaniment of a solo acoustic guitar. I'm willing to share the chord progression I use with anyone else - the trouble is I play by ear, and I can't even identify by name one of the chords I use! Some musician! I was fed up with people looking around for "commercial" sounds for me month after month, and I decided to do "I Put A Spell On You". We'd been doing it on stage for some time and it had been going down well. On Billboard's R&B Singles chart, Nina Simone's covered version reached #23 in 1965, and her version would peak at #49 on the U.K.Singles chart.

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. a b Irvin, Jim (2007). The Mojo Collection (4thed.). Canongate Books. p.46. ISBN 978-18-476-76-436.

Hawkins was hurt at the criticism. “What’s wrong with acting like a wild warrior?” Hawkins said at the time. “I’m making a living. I’m not breaking the law. How dare you?” And across pond it was in it's first week on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart at position #30, five weeks later it would peak at #23 for one week... I Put a Spell on You" has been covered by other artists extensively; there are several hundred versions. Most of the covers treat the song seriously; few attempt to duplicate Hawkins' bravura performance. Although Hawkins' own version never charted, several later cover versions have.

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a b Eden, Dawn (December 1965). "Price on His Head". Goldmine. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007 . Retrieved December 10, 2022. a b c Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p.785. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.