Released: August 31, 2004

Featuring: Natalie Cole

Songwriter: Otis Blackwell Eddie Cooley

Producer: Phil Ramone

[Verse 1]
Never knew how much i love you, never knew how much i care
When you put your arms around me, i get a fever that's so hard to bear

[Chorus 1]
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night

[Verse 2]
Sun lights up the daytime, moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name, and you know i'm gonna treat you right

[Chorus 1]
You give me fever, when you kiss me, fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning, fever all through the night

[Verse 3]
Everybody's got the fever, that is something that you should know
Fever isn't such a new thing, fever started long ago
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah, oh
Tell them about it
Romeo loved juliet, juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her, he said "julie baby you're my flame"

[Chorus 1]
Thou givest fever, when we kisseth, fever with thy flaming youth
Fever - i'm afire, fever yea i burn forsooth

[Verse 4]
Captain smith and pocahontas had a very bad affair
But when her daddy tried to kill him, she said "daddy,daddy don't you dare"

[Chorus 1]
He gives me fever - with his kisses, fever when he holds me tight
Fever - i'm his missus, oh daddy won't you treat him right

[Verse 5]
Now you've heard our story, (oh, it's your story)
Here's the point we have made (i'm listening)
Chicks were born to give you fever (that's right)
Be it fahrenheit or centigrade

[Chorus 4]
They give you fever - when you kiss them, fever if you live and learn
Fever - till you sizzle, what a lovely way to burn

[Outro]
Aha, what a lovely way to burn
I tell you, what a lovely way to burn
All right now, what a lovely way to burn
I like that, what a lovely way to burn
(You ain't right, ray)

Ray Charles

Raymond Charles Robinson was born on September the 23th 1930 in Georgia. He was a singer, songwriter, musician and composer, better known as Ray Charles. Nicknamed ‘The Genius’ and ‘The High Priest of Soul’, Ray became one of the pioneers of soul music.

Ray Charles was able to combine numbers of styles such as rythem and blues, gospel, blues and the influences from jazz and country were hearable in his music. He is listed as number two in the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” the Rolling Stone Magazine released in November 2008.

Other artists have praised Ray Charles too for his influence in the music world. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business” and Billy Joel “This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley”.