Fever (Madonna song)

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"Fever"

Single by Madonna
from the album Erotica
Released	March 1993
Format	vinyl record (7"), Cassette tape and CD single
Recorded	1992
Genre	Pop / Dance
Length	5 min 00 s
Label	Warner Bros. / Maverick Recording Company
Producer(s)	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Chart positions
#6 (UK) #7 (Japan) #51 (Australia)
Madonna singles chronology
"Bad Girl" (1993)	"Fever" (1993)	"Rain" (1993)

"Fever", a cover version of "Fever" by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, was the fourth single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica.

1 Song information
2 Why did Madonna cover Fever?
3 Tracklisting and formats
4 Official Mixes
5 Chart performance
6 References

[edit] Song information

It was released in the United Kingdom in 1993. In the United States, it was the B-side to the single "Bad Girl", although the maxi-single of "Bad Girl" predominately featured "Fever" remixes. In fact the "Fever" song that was released, was played on radio stations and shown on music channels was not the original but a remixed version instead. Although the original version appears as the first song on the single, many people were surprised that original sounded slower as they did not know that the version they were used to listening to was a remix. The video of "Fever" is simply a montage of Madonna in various outrageous guises singing the song, including her covered in silver paint. Ironically this video wasn't ready for the UK release and instead a montage video was released including excerpts from the videos to "Cherish", "Justify My Love", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Virgin" and "Express Yourself". Nevertheless, it became her highest debuting single from the Erotica album, entering at its peak position of #6, coming just four weeks after the release of the number 10 hit 'Bad Girl'. The heavy single release schedule was to aid the comparatively weak selling parent album and keep fresh Madonna songs on the airplay schedule.

"Fever" was the first cover version that Madonna released as a single in Europe. Originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956, the best-known version of the song in North America is Peggy Lee's 1958 Top 10 hit version, although the song returned to the U.S. Top 10 in 1965 by rock group The McCoys. Madonna's version was not released as a single in the U.S. Madonna performed "Fever" live on her 1993 Girlie Show Tour and at Arsenio Hall's 1000th Show and again at the Hollywood Bowl. Madonna also performed "Fever" live on Saturday Night Live in January 1993.

[edit] Why did Madonna cover Fever?

Madonna was in the studio putting down tracks for her Erotica album. She'd just recorded a song called "Goodbye To Innocence" and was going through the final stages of production on it when she suddenly started singing the lyrics to "Fever" over the top of it. Madonna liked the way it sounded so much that she recorded it and "Goodbye To Innocence" never got a release on any Madonna album (although it did appear on "Just Say Roe" - a Charity record, and a dub mix of it titled "Up Down Suite" was a B-Side to "Rain".

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

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

"Fever" (Album Edit)
"Fever" (Murk Boys Radio Edit)

UK CD Single

Fever (Album Edit)
Fever (Hot Sweat 12")
Fever (Extended 12")
Fever (Shep's Remedy Dub)
Fever (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
Fever (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)

Special DJ Limited Edition Remix Package of Fever released on Red Vinyl. This release contains many rare mixes of the song, and is one of Madonna's most sought after items.

UK 12" Single

"Fever" (Hot Sweat 12")
"Fever" (Extended 12")
"Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)
"Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
"Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
"Fever" (Oscar G's Dope Dub)

Fever - Special DJ Limited Edition Remix Package

Disc 1 Side A

"Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)
"Fever" (Oscar G's Dope Dub)

Disc 1 Side B

"Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)
"Fever" (Back To The Dub 2)
"Fever" (12" Instrumental)

Disc 2 Side A

"Fever" (Extended 12")
"Fever" (T's Extended Dub A)
"Fever" (T's Extended Dub B)

Disc 2 Side B

"Fever" (Hot Sweat 12")
"Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)
"Fever" (Peggy's Nightclub Mix) (Percapella)
"Fever" (Bugged Out Bonzai Dub)

[edit] Official Mixes

NOTE - Occasionally these mixes (particularly those by Daniel Abraham) are incorrectly credited as having back-up vocal contributions from the group En Vogue. The additional back-up vocals were actually provided by Donna DeLory and Niki Haris, Madonna's long-time back-up singers on both her tours and albums. Though their additional vocals were not used in the album version of Fever, they were in fact used rather extensively in the many remixes of the song (in fact it is the one song of Madonna's to have the most officially released remixes).

[edit] Mixes by Shep Pettibone and/or Tony Shimkin

Album Version / Recall 7" Mix
Album Edit / Radio Edit
12" Instrumental / Album Instrumental
T's Extended Dub A / Tony's 12" Dub 1 / Dub 1
T's Extended Dub B / Tony's 12" Dub 2 / Dub 2
Peggy's Nightclub Mix / Percapella
Peggy's Fashion Smooth Mix
Hot Sweat 12"
Hot Sweat Mix
Instrumental Plus Extra Piece
Shep's Remedy Dub / Shep's Dub
Bugged Out Bonzai Dub / Bugged Out Bonzai Mix
Bugged Out Mix / Bug Out
Bass Dub and Tag Piece
Bonton Infernal Dub
Drum Dub

[edit] Mixes by Daniel Abraham for White Falcon Productions

Edit 1 / Video Version / Dancefloor Mix
Edit 1 with 12" Intro
Edit 2
Edit 2 with 12" Intro
Instrumental Mix

[edit] Mixes by Oscar Gaetan and Ralph Falcon for Murk Productions

Murk Boys Miami Mix
Murk Boys Miami Edit / ET/VL Bonus Mix
Murk Boys Deep South Mix
Murk Boys Radio Edit A / Remix/Radio Edit
Murk Boys Radio Edit B
Back to the Dub 1
Back to the Dub 2
Oscar G's Dope Mix / Oscar G's Dope Dub

[edit] Chart performance

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Fever"	UK	6
1993	"Fever"	Japan	7
1993	"Fever"	Australia	51
1993	"Fever"	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
1993	"Fever"	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	1