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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

I Put a Spell on You

1956 · via LL Cool J

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins wrote “I Put a Spell on You” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1956. Also recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival (released 1968), Sonique (released 1998) and Bryan Ferry (released 1993), among 320 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. LL Cool J’s “LL Cool J” (2000) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote it and cut it first in 1956, and that same song later turned up for Creedence and for Sonique. So when LL put his own name on a track, he built it on someone else's.

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Credited writer: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1956.

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LL Cool J’s “LL Cool J” (2000) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

320 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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LL Cool J's self-titled track "LL Cool J" samples and carries the writing credit of "I Put a Spell on You." Who first recorded that song?Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
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