Fever

"Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, first recorded by American R&B singer Little Willie John for his 1956 debut album of the same name. A 1958 rendition by jazz singer Peggy Lee became the most well known version, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and would become Lee's signature song.
In the mid-1970s, "Fever" was performed by Margaret Smyk as the fictional night club singer Peggy Honeydew for The Residents' unfinished film Vileness Fats. The song is not mentioned in The Residents' official synopsis of the film, however it is likely that the song was intended for a scene depicting Arf and Omega's entry into Willy's Hot Spot and their first sighting of Honeydew. 
Footage of Honeydew performing the song (apparently filmed from a monitor by video archivist Peter Conheim) was later released as a Free! Weird! on The Residents' website around 2020."...While I was transferring [Vileness Fats], I was laughing so hard that I... I took my iPhone and I filmed off the screen... several clips... and I sent them to Homer Flynn. [...] I also think I sent ["Fever"] to him." Peter Conheim, interviewed by Miss Doop of The Mysterious Spanish Ladies, May 18th 2021 The footage shows Honeydew performing the first and last verses and the chorus (twice) to a minimal synth rhythm, however the full song (if it was ever completely recorded by The Residents) remains unreleased. 
==Lyrics==
===Original version (1956)===
 You never know how much I love you
 Never know how much I care
 When you put your arms around me
 I get a feelin' that's so hard to bear
 You give me fever
 When you kiss me
 Fever when you hold me tight
 Fever in the morning
 Fever all through the night
 Listen to me, baby
 Hear every word I say
 No one can love you the way I do
 'Cause they don't know how to love you my way
 You give me fever
 When you kiss me
 Fever when you hold me tight
 Fever in the morning
 And fever all through the night
 Bless my soul, I love you
 Take this heart away
 Take these arms I'll never use
 And just believe in what my lips have to say
 You give me fever
 When you kiss me
 Fever when you hold me tight
 Fever in the morning
 And fever all through the night
 Sun lights up the daytime
 Moon lights up the night
 My eyes light up when you call my name
 'Cause I know you're gonna treat me right
 You give me fever
 When you kiss me
 Fever when you hold me tight
 Fever in the morning (Fever, burn through)
 And fever all through the night
==See also==
*Vileness Fats
*Scene 25 (Vileness Fats)
*Peggy Honeydew
*"Lonely At The Top"
==External links and references==
*Vileness Fats at The Residents Historical
*"Fever" at Wikipedia
*"Fever" (Little Willie John version) at Genius
*"Fever" (Peggy Lee version) at Discogs
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