Piece Of My Heart

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Blues rock

Media Type

CD

Composer(s)

Bert Berns;Jerry Ragovoy

Entered Chart

Aug 31, 1968

Peak Date

Nov 9, 1968

Released

August 1968

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

4-44626

B-Side

Turtle Blues

Original Artist

Erma Franklin

The song became a bigger pop hit when recorded by Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1968 with lead singer Janis Joplin.[23][24] The song was taken from the group's album Cheap Thrills, recorded in 1968 and released on Columbia Records. This four-minute, 15-second rendition made it to number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.[citation needed] Billboard called it "dynamite," stating that "this raucous dance treatment will rock up the Hot 100."[25] Cash Box said that it is an "explosive performance" with a "power-packed Janis Joplin vocal" and also praised the backing band.[26] The album release was the culmination of a hugely successful year for Joplin with acclaimed performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, Anderson Theater in New York, Wake For Martin Luther King Jr. (with Jimi Hendrix) in New York and on TV's prime-time The Dick Cavett Show.[citation needed] The song's instrumentation was arranged by Sam Andrew, who performed three distorted, loud guitar solos for a psychedelic touch. The B-side was "Summertime". Another version had the B-side "Turtle Blues".[citation needed]

Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on! 
 
Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man — yeah! 
An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ? 
Honey, you know I did! 
And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough, 
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough. 
 
I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, 
Take it! 
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby! 
Oh, oh, break it! 
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah. 
Oh, oh, have a! 
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, 
You know you got it if it makes you feel good, 
Oh, yes indeed. 
 
You're out on the streets looking good, 
And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain't right, 
Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night, 
Babe, and I cry all the time! 
But each time I tell myself that I, well I can't stand the pain, 
But when you hold me in your arms, I'll sing it once again. 
 
I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it! 
Take it! 
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby. 
Oh, oh, break it! 
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, 
Oh, oh, have a! 
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, 
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good. 
 
I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, 
Take it! 
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby! 
Oh, oh, break it! 
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c'mon now. 
Oh, oh, have a 
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby. 
You know you got it — whoahhhhh!! 
 
Take it! 
Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby, 
Oh, oh, break it! 
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 
Oh, oh, have a 
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey, 
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.