The Beatles borrowed Screaming Jay Hawkins LYRIC in Michell

Is The Beatles’ song “Michelle” secretly goth? Hell no, but check this out, Paul McCartney lifted a line from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You,” for it, a song now considered one of the earliest goth recordings. Before they even existed as the Beatles, Paul would perform a French parody at art school parties in Liverpool, a jazz number built from made-up words that only sounded French. By 1965, McCartney is one of the world’s biggest rock stars searching for material for the next Beatles record, Rubber Soul, when John Lennon tells him, “Bring back the French party song.” So he does. They call it “Michelle,” give it real French lyrics, and suddenly there’s a problem: the song has no bridge. That’s when John chimes in with a solution. He’s been listening to Nina Simone’s 1965 cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ 1956 skull-and-bones-soaked original, a performance so wild Hawkins’ version had been banned from radio. Simone’s wasn’t. John locks onto the moment where she repeats, “I love you, I love you, I love you,” and tells McCartney, “Do that for the bridge.” And Paul does. “I love you, I love you, I love you” becomes the emotional center of “Michelle,” a single that goes to number one in nine countries and wins the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins wasn’t the first songwriter to sing “I love you,” but he delivered it in such a dark, theatrical way that it changed how the words felt. And in 1965, that echo finds its way into one of The Beatles’ sweetest hits.

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