I Put A Spell On You

Album

Million Sellers 9: The Sixties

Label

Decca Records

Genre

Jazz fusion

Composer(s)

Jay Hawkins

Entered Chart

Jul 30, 1966

Peak Date

Aug 13, 1966

Released

March 18, 1966

Recorded

January 1–2, 1966 Studio Kingsway, Londonjas

Catalog #

Parrot 3001

B-Side

"Iechyd-Da"

A 1956 classic by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and performed by many others (see some in the Lyrics' annotations). Alan Price became famous as part of The Animals – and his organ solo in the House of the rising Son. His version reached No. 9 in the British charts in 1966.

I put a spell on you, because you´re mine
You´d better stop the things that you do
I ain´t lyin´, no I ain´t lyin´, yeah!
I just can´t stand it, baby, for you´re always runnin´ around
I can´t stand it the way you´re always puttin´ me down
I put a spell on you, because you´re mine

I put a spell on you, because you´re mine
You´d better stop the things that you do
Lord knows I ain´t lyin´, said I ain´t lyin´
I just can´t stand it, baby, the way you´re always tryin´ to put me down
I just can´t stand it the way you´re always runnin´ ´round
I put a spell on you, because you´re mine
Because you´re mine

{Organ hook}

I said I love you, I love you, I love you, oh baby how
I don´t care if you don´t want me
I said I´m yours, I´m yours right now
I put a spell on you, because you´re mine
I put a spell on you
I just can´t stand the way you´re always tryin´ to put me down
I put a spell on you, oh yeah
I put a spell on you, I put a spell on you