NINA SIMONE - I PUT A SPELL ON YOU

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU

NINA SIMONE

SONGWRITER: JAY HAWKINS

WHERE: MONTREAL 1992

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: I PUT A SPELL ON YOU

LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1965

I Put a Spell on You is a 1965 album by jazz singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone for Philips Records. Described by AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger as "One of her most pop-oriented albums, but also one of her best and most consistent", the album features some of Simone's best known songs. On July 24th, 2017, NPR released an article ranking 150 of the greatest albums by women, Simone's 1965 album was ranked #3 overall.

Nina Simone (/ˈniːnəsɪˈmoʊn/; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Simone employed a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

Born in North Carolina, the sixth child of a preacher, Waymon aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown of Tryon, North Carolina, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

Waymon then applied for a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied despite a well-received audition. Waymon became fully convinced this rejection had been entirely due to racial discrimination. Years later, two days before her death, the Curtis Institute of Music bestowed on her an honorary degree.

I put a spell on you

'Cause you're mine

You better stop the things you do

I ain't lyin'

No I ain't lyin'

You know I can't stand it

You're runnin' around

You know better daddy

I can't stand it cause you put me down

Yeah, Yeah

I put a spell on you

Because you're mine

You're mine

I love ya

I love you

I love you

I love you anyhow

And I don't care

If you don't want me

I'm yours right now

You hear me

I put a spell on you

Because you're mine.