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Take a Piece of My Heart Now Baby

1967 single by Erma Franklin

"Piece of My Heart"
Erma Franklin cover.jpg
Single by Erma Franklin
B-side "Baby, What Yous Want Me to Do"
Released October 1967
Recorded August 1967
Genre Soul
Length 2:35
Label Shout
Songwriter(s) Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns
Erma Franklin singles chronology
"Large Boss Human"
(1967) 		"Piece of My Heart"
(1967) 		"Open up Your Soul"
(1967)

"Slice of My Centre" is a romantic funk/soul love vocal written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967.

The song came to greater mainstream attention when Big Brother and the Belongings Company (featuring Janis Joplin on atomic number 82 vocals) covered the song in 1968 and had a much bigger hit with it. The song has since been remade past several singers, including Dusty Springfield also in 1968, Faith Loma in 1994 and duet version by Melissa Etheridge and Joss Rock in 2005.

In 2004, the Large Blood brother and the Property Company version was ranked No. 353 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Fourth dimension. The song is also included amid The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Whorl.

Erma Franklin'due south original recording [edit]

The original version of "Piece of My Heart" was recorded past Aretha Franklin's older sis Erma in 1967 for producer Bert Berns' Shout label with the aforementioned song on both sides of the 7-inch vinyl single.[1] Bert Berns wanted Van Morrison, whom he was producing at the time, to tape the song, but Morrison declined, wanting to do his own material instead.

The vocal reached number ten on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart in the The states and also peaked at number sixty-2 on the Billboard Popular Singles chart. In Canada, it reached number three on the CKFH Soul Survey. In the United Kingdom and several other European countries, the single was re-released in 1992 due to being featured in a successful Levi's jeans commercial ("Cinderella" AKA "Night and Solar day" directed by Tarsem Singh). The reissue peaked at number five in Denmark, number nine in kingdom of the netherlands and the Uk, and number 10 in Ireland.

Greenbacks Box said that it "starts with less volume than might be expected, which only emphasizes the build that follows."[ii]

Charts [edit]

Big Blood brother and the Belongings Company version [edit]

"Piece of My Middle"
Janis Joplin cover.jpg

Comprehend of the 1968 Dutch single
Single by Big Brother and the Belongings Company
from the album Inexpensive Thrills
B-side "Turtle Blues"
Released August 1968 (1968-08)
Recorded March two – May 20, 1968
Genre
  • Psychedelic rock[sixteen]
  • blues rock[17]
Length 4:fifteen
Label Columbia
Songwriter(south)
  • Jerry Ragovoy
  • Bert Berns
Producer(southward) John Simon

The vocal became a bigger pop striking when recorded by Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1968 with pb vocaliser Janis Joplin.[18] [19] The vocal was taken from the group's anthology Cheap Thrills, recorded in 1968 and released on Columbia Records. This 4-minute, fifteen-2d rendition fabricated it to number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Billboard called it "dynamite," stating that "this raucous trip the light fantastic treatment will rock upwardly the Hot 100."[20] Cash Box said that information technology is an "explosive operation" with a "power-packed Janis Joplin vocal" and also praised the backing band.[21] The album release was the culmination of a hugely successful twelvemonth for Joplin with acclaimed performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, Anderson Theater in New York, Wake For Martin Luther Male monarch Jr. (with Jimi Hendrix) in New York and on Boob tube's prime-time The Dick Cavett Show.

The song's instrumentation was arranged past Sam Andrew, who also performed 3 distorted, loud guitar solos giving the vocal a psychedelic impact. The B-side was "Summer". Another version had the B-side "Turtle Blues".

Franklin said in an interview that when she first heard Joplin'south version on the radio, she didn't recognize information technology because of the vocal arrangement.[22] Noted cultural author Ellen Willis wrote of the divergence: "When Franklin sings it, it is a challenge: no matter what yous do to me, I volition non let y'all destroy my ability to be human, to dearest. Joplin seems rather to be saying, surely if I keep taking this, if I continue setting an example of love and forgiveness, surely he has to understand, alter, requite me back what I have given". In such a way, Joplin used blues conventions not to transcend pain, merely "to scream it out of existence".[23]

Until her expiry in 1970, "Slice of My Heart" was Joplin'south biggest chart success and all-time-known song. ("Me and Bobby McGee", which Kris Kristofferson wrote, eclipsed "Piece of My Eye" when it appeared afterward her death in 1970. Information technology went to number one in 1971). "Piece of My Centre" remains almost associated with Joplin and connected to get airplay long after her decease. Berns never got to hear Joplin's version, dying of a heart attack on December thirty, 1967.[24]

Certifications [edit]

Faith Hill version [edit]

"Piece of My Heart"
Faith Hill cover.jpg
Unmarried by Faith Loma
from the anthology Take Me every bit I Am
B-side "I Would Be Stronger Than That"
Released January xiii, 1994[27]
Recorded 1993
Genre Country
Length iv:01
Characterization Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns
Producer(southward) Scott Hendricks
Religion Loma singles chronology
"Wild One"
(1993) 		"Slice of My Centre"
(1994) 		"But I Volition"
(1994)

American country artist Organized religion Loma included the vocal on her debut album, Take Me as I Am (1993); her version reached No. ane on the land charts in 1994. Loma's version took on a more passive tone coupled with traditional state instrumentation. Prior to recording the rails, Loma had no knowledge of the vocal, specially Joplin's rendition. As a directly issue, Hill's producers refused to let her to listen to the Joplin version until she had completed her own recording.[ citation needed ]

Hill re-recorded the track for the soundtrack to the television series King of the Hill, released in 1999. This edgier version can besides be establish on the 1998 international pressing of her third album, Faith (re-titled "Beloved Will Ever Win" outside the U.Due south.) and 2001 international greatest hits album There You lot'll Be. Her original version was included in her 2007 compilation album The Hits.

Weekly charts [edit]

Shaggy version [edit]

"Piece of My Heart"
Pieceofmyheartshaggy.jpg
Single by Shaggy featuring Marsha Morrison
from the album Midnite Lover
Released 1997
Recorded 1996
Genre Reggae
Length 4:17
Characterization Virgin
Songwriter(s) Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns, O. Burrell
Producer(s) O. Burrell

Reggae artist Shaggy covered the song on his self-produced album, Midnite Lover (1997). The single featuring Marsha was a top 10 striking in New Zealand and the Uk, peaking at Number 6 and Number 7, respectively.[33]

Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone version [edit]

A live medley of this song with Janis Joplin and the Total Tilt Boogie Ring's 1971 song "Cry Infant" became a hitting duet for American rock singer Melissa Etheridge and English soul singer Joss Rock when it was released to iTunes Store after they performed it at the 47th Grammy Awards on Feb 13, 2005, in tribute to Joplin. She had previously sung it at Woodstock '94 every bit office of a four-song medley of Joplin tunes.[24]

Etheridge'southward medley with Joss Rock made number 32 in the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Hot Digital Tracks in April 2005. The performance also signaled Etheridge'southward first public return from her battle with breast cancer; appearing with her head baldheaded from the effects of chemotherapy.[34] Etheridge also recorded a solo version of "Slice of My Heart" on her 2005 greatest hits album Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled.

Beverley Knight version [edit]

"Piece of My Heart"
Beverley Knight - Piece Of My Heart (CD).jpg

CD unmarried cover
Unmarried past Beverley Knight
from the album Vocalism - The Best of Beverley Knight
Released March thirteen, 2006 (2006-03-thirteen)
Length
  • 4:17 (album version)
  • 3:36 (radio edit)
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Jerry Ragovoy, Bert Berns
Producer(s) Jimmy Hogarth
Beverley Knight singles chronology
"Keep This Fire Burning"
(2005) 		"Slice of My Heart"
(2006) 		"No Human's Country"
(2007)

On her 2005 Affirmation Tour, English soul singer Beverley Knight performed the vocal with Ronnie Wood, which encouraged her to make a studio recording of the song. "Piece of My Middle" was the lead single from her 2006 all-time-of compilation Vocalisation - The Best of Beverley Knight.[35] [ better source needed ] It peaked inside the peak 10 of the UK radio airplay chart. The concrete single was released on March 13, 2006.[36]

Due to a change in the U.k. chart rules which allowed singles to nautical chart purely on downloads a calendar week earlier their physical release, "Piece of My Heart" entered the UK nautical chart at number 93, becoming i of the kickoff singles to practice so. It peaked at number xvi after its physical commercial release. Information technology was Knight's first single to be released as a DVD. It is her longest-running single to engagement on the UK Singles Nautical chart, spending xi weeks inside the height 75. It was her thirteenth peak 40 entry and her seventh top-20 hit on the Great britain Singles Chart.

Personnel [edit]

  • Beverley Knight – lead vocals
  • Bryan Chambers, Billie Godfrey, Louise Marshall – backing vocals
  • Martin Slatterty – Wurlitzer organ, Hammond organ
  • Sam Dixon – bass
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • Jimmy Hogarth – guitars, percussion
  • Jimmy Hogarth – producer
  • Pom (Pierre-Olivier Magerand) – engineer
  • Phillip Bodger – mixer

Charts [edit]

Other recordings [edit]

  • Etta James, on her 1978 album Deep in the Nighttime. Released as a single, information technology reached #93 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[ citation needed ]
  • Sammy Hagar, on his 1982 album Standing Hampton. Released every bit a unmarried, it became a modest hit, reaching number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 67 on the Britain Singles Chart.[ commendation needed ]
  • Tiffany Haddish, in the 2021 film Here Today.[40]

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