Fever (Little Willy John song)

American jazz singer Peggy Lee recorded "Fever" in 1958. In her version, she included additional lines that were not in the original ("Romeo loved Juliet ..." and "Captain Smith and Pocahontas ..."). The single with the song Lee took 8th place in the American hit parade in the "pop music" category. It is with its new text that the song is performed by most musicians.

American singer Elvis Presley recorded Fever on April 3, 1960 for his album Elvis Is Back! ", Which was released on April 8, 1960 ^[2] . In the years 1973-1977. Presley also performed a song at his concerts; in particular, the concert version of the song was included in the album “ Aloha from Hawaii ”, recorded on January 14, 1973 during a satellite television show.

The song "Fever" performed by American singer Madonna was included in her 1992 album " Erotica ". A cover version was later released on a single in the UK in 1993. In the United States, the song was never officially released as a single.

The idea to record a cover version of “Fever” came to Madonna in the studio where the recording of the album “ Erotica ” took place. During the work on the album, the singer recorded the song “Goodbye To Innocence”. Approaching the final stage of recording the song, she suddenly began to hum the lines from the song “Fever”. Thus, the idea of ​​a separate recording of the famous song was formed. Goodbye To Innocence was not included in the 1992 Erotica album. However, excerpts from the recording can be heard in the “ Up Down Suite ” duble mix, which has become a bonus track for the maxi single “ Rain ”. The vocals involved in the recording of the song “Rain” were also involved in the remix of the song “Fever” - “Back To The Dub 1”.

Apart from the album, Madonna's “Fever” was first released on the back of the single “ Bad Girl ” and only then on March 23, 1993 as a full-fledged single. It is worth noting that the single “ Bad Girl ” significantly exceeded the success of “Fever”. The single “Fever” was broadcast on various radio stations and was shown on music television channels. The cover version of the song was named “Edit 1”, and is only commercially available on the German version of the CD single “Rain” .

Although the original version is the first single song, many listeners were surprised that the sound of the original version seemed slower. Previously, the audience was not aware that the version shown on the video was edited . However, the success achieved with the release of the hit song “Fever” performed by Madonna became one of the highest in comparison with other singles from the album “ Erotica ”. Fever reached its peak at * 6 after just four weeks. At this time, the single “ Bad Girl ” on the lists, the singer’s previous work, stopped at 10th position in the music charts. The success achieved with the release of the single “Fever” was supposed to contribute to the growth of relatively weak sales and strengthen the dominant position of new songs of Madonna in the lists of musical charts.

The original version of Madonna’s song was not officially released, as Madonna performed this version at one of her 1993 concert performances, The Girlie Show . Madonna also performed the song “Fever” on the television program Saturday Night Live in January 1993.

Music video

In the video clip for the song “Fever”, directed by Stefan Sednaoui, the plot shows Madonna in the image of a girl who appears during the video clip in various extravagant costumes during the performance of the song “Fever”. The video was shot from April 10 to April 11, 1993 at Greenwich Studios in Miami with the participation of American actor Arsenio Hall . The world premiere of the clip took place on May 11, 1993 on MTV .

Before the premiere in the UK, the video clip was edited, and only after professional video editing was released on television. The video included shots of the singer’s previously shot videos : Cherish , Justify My Love , La Isla Bonita , Like a Virgin and Express Yourself . The original video for the song “Fever” is available for viewing on DVD- video in the publication “Collection 93:99” ( Eng. The Video Collection 93:99. )

List of Songs and Formats

• UK Cassette Single / UK 7 " Single / UK 7" Picture Disc

1. “Fever” (Album Edit)
2. “Fever” (Murk Boys Radio Edit)

• UK CD Single

1. Fever (Album Edit)
2. Fever (Hot Sweat 12 ")
3. Fever (Extended 12 ")
4. Fever (Shep's Remedy Dub)
5. Fever (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
6. Fever (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)

• UK 12 "Single

1. Fever (Hot Sweat 12 ")
2. Fever (Extended 12 ")
3. “Fever” (Shep's Remedy Dub)
4. “Fever” (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
5. “Fever” (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
6. Fever (Oscar G's Dope Dub)

• Fever - Special DJ Limited Edition Remix Package

Disc 1 Side A

1. “Fever” (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
2. Fever (Oscar G's Dope Dub)

Disc 1 Side B

1. “Fever” (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
2. Fever (Back To The Dub 2)
3. Fever (12 "Instrumental)

Disc 2 Side A

1. Fever (Extended 12 ")
2. “Fever” (T's Extended Dub A)
3. Fever (T's Extended Dub B)

Disc 2 Side B

1. Fever (Hot Sweat 12 ")
2. “Fever” (Shep's Remedy Dub)
3. “Fever” (Peggy's Nightclub Mix) (Percapella)
4. Fever (Bugged Out Bonzai Dub)

• Fever - CD Reference

1. Fever (Edit 1)
2. Fever (Edit 2)

• Fever - CD Reference

1. "Fever" (Album Instrumental)
2. Fever (Instrumental Edit)
3. Fever (Instrumental Tag Piece 1)
4. Fever (Instrumental Tag Piece 2)
5. “Fever” (T's Extended Dub A)
6. Fever (T's Extended Dub B)
7. Fever (T's Extended Dub C)
8. Fever (Back To The Dub 1)
9. Fever (Back To The Dub 2)
10. Fever (Back To The Dub 3)
11. Fever (Bass Dub and Tag Piece)
12. Fever (Boston Infernal Dub)
13. "Fever" (Boston Landscape Dub)
14. Fever (Bugged Out Bonzai Dub)
15. Fever (Drum Dub 1)

• Fever - CD Reference

1. “Fever” (Remix Edit 1)
2. “Fever” (Remix Edit 2)
3. “Fever” (Remix Edit 3)
4. Fever (Hot Sweat Mix)
5. Fever (Hot Sweat Extended Mix)
6. "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12 "Remix)
7. “Fever” (Dance Floor Mix)
8. Fever (Bugged Out Mix)
9. “Fever” (Peggy's Niteclub Mix)
10. Fever (Oscar G's Dope Mix)
11. “Fever” (Video Version)
12. “Fever” (Shep's Remedy Dub)
13. “Fever” (Shep's Alternate Dub)

• Fever - CD Reference

1. “Fever” (Murk Boys Deep South Bonus Beats)
2. “Fever” (Murk Boys Deep South Extended Remix)
3. “Fever” (Murk Boys Deep South Radio Edit)
4. “Fever” (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
5. "Fever" (Murk Boys Holiday Remix)
6. “Fever” (Murk Boys Miami Mix)

• Rain - Japan EP

1. Rain (Radio Remix)
2. Waiting (Remix)
3. “Up Down Suite”
4. "Rain" (Album Version)
5. Bad Girl (Extended Mix)
6. Fever (Extended 12 ")
7. “Fever” (Shep's Remedy Dub)
8. “Fever” (Murk Boys Miami Dub)
9. Fever (Oscar G's Dope Mix)
10. "Rain" (Video Edit)

+ Madonna performs the song “Fever” on the 1993 world tour - “Girlie Show Tour” (Video version)

Official Mixes

It is sometimes incorrectly stated that released mixes (in particular, Daniel Abraham mixes) contain the backing vocals of En Vogue . Backing vocals were provided by Donna DeLeroy and Nikki Harris (backing vocalists of Madonna), who took part in a performance during her tour and in the recording of her music albums. Despite the fact that the vocals of DeLeroy and Harris were not used in the album version of the song “Fever”, the singer widely used it in many mixes of the song. “Fever” is the only Madonna song to date with so many different versions).

Mixes by Shep Pettibon and Tony Shimkin

1. Album Version / Recall 7 "Mix
2. Album Edit / Radio Edit
3. 12 "Instrumental / Album Instrumental
4. T's Extended Dub A / Tony's 12 "Dub 1 / Dub 1
5. T's Extended Dub B / Tony's 12 "Dub 2 / Dub 2
6. Peggy's Nightclub Mix / Percapella
7. Peggy's Fashion Smooth Mix
8. Hot Sweat 12 "
9. Hot sweat mix
10. Instrumental Plus Extra Piece
11. Shep's Remedy Dub / Shep's Dub
12. Bugged Out Bonzai Dub / Bugged Out Bonzai Mix
13. Bugged Out Mix / Bug Out
14. Bass Dub and Tag Piece
15. Boston infernal dub
16. Drum drum

Mixes by Daniel Abraham for White Falcon Productions

1. Edit 1 / Video Version / Dancefloor Mix
2. Edit 1 with 12 "Intro
3. Edit 2
4. Edit 2 with 12 "Intro
5. Instrumental mix

Oscar Gatean and Ralph Falcon Mixes for Murk Productions

1. Murk Boys Miami Mix
2. Murk Boys Miami Edit / ET / VL Bonus Mix
3. Murk Boys Deep South Mix
4. Murk Boys Radio Edit A / Remix / Radio Edit
5. Murk Boys Radio Edit B
6. Back to the Dub 1
7. Back to the Dub 2
8. Oscar G's Dope Mix / Oscar G's Dope Dub

Charts Positions

Links

• Madonna-Online.ch - “Shep Pettibon's Erotic Diaries” (inaccessible link from 11/08/2013 [2200 days] - history , copy ) (English)
• Mad-eyes.net - Web page about the single "Fever" (English)

See also

• Sex , 1992 the first book of the famous American singer Madonna
• Discography of Madonna
• Madonna's tour

Selective List of Artists Recording Their Fever Versions