"Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The song came to mainstream attention when Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company performed the song in 1968 on their album Cheap Thrills and had a hit with it. The song has since been remade by a vast array of singers, including hit versions by Faith Hill in 1994 and Beverley Knight in 2006. Image File history File links ErmaPOMH.jpg‎ 45: Piece of My Heart by Erma Franklin This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Erma Vernice Franklin (March 13, 1938–September 7, 2002) was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and pop singer. ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rhythm and blues (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Shout Records was a subsidiary of Bang Records, active between 1967 until 1972. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Jerry Ragovoy is an American songwriter and record producer. ... Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 - December 30, 1967) (a/k/a Bert Russell and Bert Berns) was one of the great American songwriters and record producers of the 1960s. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, formerly known by various names including Hot Soul Singles, Hot Black Singles, and Hot R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Erma Vernice Franklin (March 13, 1938–September 7, 2002) was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and pop singer. ... Jerry Ragovoy is an American songwriter and record producer. ... Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 - December 30, 1967) (a/k/a Bert Russell and Bert Berns) was one of the great American songwriters and record producers of the 1960s. ... Erma Vernice Franklin (March 13, 1938–September 7, 2002) was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and pop singer. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (Born January 19, 1943- October 4, 1970 was an influential singer, songwriter, and music arranger. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... Cheap Thrills is the second album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and their only studio album with Janis Joplin as primary lead vocalist. ... Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally by her first married name Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. ... Beverley Knight MBE (born March 22, 1973) is a critically-acclaimed English soul singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. ...

In 2004, the Big Brother and the Holding Company version of this song was ranked #344 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2004. ...

Original release

The original version of "Piece of My Heart" was recorded by Aretha Franklin's older sister Erma in 1967. The song was a U.S. top 10 R&B hit and also peaked at number sixty-two on the U.S. pop chart. However, in the UK, the actual single was not released until 1992, where it peaked inside the UK Top 75 Singles at number nine. Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American R&B, Pop and Gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Erma Vernice Franklin (March 13, 1938–September 7, 2002) was an American soul, rhythm and blues, and pop singer. ... The year 1967 was an important year for psychedelic music, with releases from Small Faces Itchycoo Park,The Doors (The Doors, Strange Days), Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxters), the Beatles Sgt. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, formerly known by various names including Hot Soul Singles, Hot Black Singles, and Hot R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ...

Janis Joplin release

The song became more popular, however, when recorded by Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1968, with lead singer Janis Joplin. The song was taken from the group's album Cheap Thrills, recorded in 1968 and released on Columbia Records. This rendition made it to number 12 on the U.S. pop charts. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... 7 may mean: A seven-inch single gramophone record A seven-inch extended play (EP) gramophone record This number-oriented article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... “Hard Rock” redirects here. ... Acid rock is a form of psychedelic music and was the first form of it to achieve popular acclaim. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Jerry Ragovoy is an American songwriter and record producer. ... Bertrand Russell Berns (November 8, 1929 - December 30, 1967) (a/k/a Bert Russell and Bert Berns) was one of the great American songwriters and record producers of the 1960s. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... Big Brother and the Holding Company is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the psychedelic music scene that also produced the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. ... // January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (Born January 19, 1943- October 4, 1970 was an influential singer, songwriter, and music arranger. ... Cheap Thrills is the second album from Big Brother and the Holding Company and their only studio album with Janis Joplin as primary lead vocalist. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ...

Franklin said in an interview that when she first heard Joplin's version on the radio, she didn't recognize it because of the vocal arrangement.^[1] Noted cultural writer Ellen Willis wrote of the difference: "When Franklin sings it, it is a challenge: no matter what you do to me, I will not let you destroy my ability to be human, to love. Joplin seems rather to be saying, surely if I keep taking this, if I keep setting an example of love and forgiveness, surely he has to understand, change, give me back what I have given." In such a way, Joplin used blues conventions not to transcend pain, but "to scream it out of existence."^[2] Ellen Willis is best known as the first pop music critic for the New Yorker, working there during the 1960s. ...

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Faith Hill release

Country artist Faith Hill included the song on her debut 1993 album Take Me as I Am. Though it met criticism from rock listeners more familiar with Joplin's version, when released as the album's second single, it topped the U.S. country singles charts in early 1994. Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally by her first married name Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Take Me As I Am is the debut album by country artist Faith Hill, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). ...

Hill has since re-recorded the track for the international release of her Love Will Always Win album. This version can also be found on the There You'll Be greatest hits album. Faith is the third album by country artist Faith Hill, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). ... There Youll Be is an international greatest hits album by Faith Hill. ...

"Piece of My Heart"
Single by Beverley Knight
from the album Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight
Released	March 13, 2006
Format	CD single, DVD single, 12" single, digital download
Recorded	2004
Genre	R&B/Soul
Length	3:35
Label	Parlophone
Producer(s)	Jimmy Hogarth
Peak chart positions
#16 (UK)
Beverley Knight singles chronology
"Keep This Fire Burning" (2005) "Piece of My Heart" (2006) "No Man's Land" (2007) Alternate cover UK DVD single and remix promo single cover

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Beverley Knight release

The most recent remake of "Piece of My Heart" was by English soul singer Beverley Knight in 2006. Beverley Knight MBE (born March 22, 1973) is a critically-acclaimed English soul singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. ... See also: 2006 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2006 Record labels established in 2006 Ti // January – James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. ...

On her 2005 Affirmation Tour, Beverley performed the song to great critical acclaim and her fans along with Ron Wood, who asked her to perform it with him, encouraged her to make a studio recording of the song. The result was that "Piece of My Heart" became the lead single from her best-of compilation Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight.^[3] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Voice - The Best Of Beverley Knight is the title of the UK Soul Queen Beverley Knights first hits collection, released in early 2006. ...

Knight's version became one of her biggest hit singles to date, peaking inside the top 10 of the UK radio airplay chart. The physical single was released on 13 March 2006, however, due to a change in UK chart rules allowing singles to chart purely on downloads a week before their physical release, "Piece of My Heart" became one of the first ever singles to do so, entering the UK charts at number ninety-three on downloads alone before making number sixteen after its physical commercial release. "Piece of My Heart" was also the first Beverley single to be released on a DVD format. Knight's version became her longest running single to date on the UK singles chart, spending eleven weeks inside the top 75. It was her thirteenth top 40 entry and her seventh top 20 hit in the UK singles chart. is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Track listings and formats

• CD:

1. "Piece of My Heart" (album version)
2. "Keep This Fire Burning" (live)

• DVD:

1. "Piece of My Heart" (album version)
2. "Let It Be" (live)
3. "Come As You Are" (live)
4. "Piece of My Heart" (video)

• 12":

1. "Piece of My Heart" (album version)
2. "Made It Back" (featuring Redman) (original version)

• Download only versions:

1. "Piece of My Heart" (radio edit)
2. "Piece of My Heart" (live)
3. "Piece of My Heart" (remix)

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Personnel

• Written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy
• Produced by Jimmy Hogarth
• Engineered by Pom (Pierre-Olivier Magerand)
• Mixed by Phillip Bodger
• Lead vocals by Beverley Knight
• Backing vocals by Bryan Chambers, Billie Godfrey, Louise Marshall
• Wurtilizer & hammond organ by Martin Slatterty
• Bass by Sam Dixon
• Drums by Jeremy Stacey
• Guitars & percussion by Jimmy Hogarth

Other popular versions

Dusty Springfield recorded the named-for-that "Take Another Little Piece of My Heart" on her 1968 album Dusty... Definitely. Dusty Springfield OBE (16 April 1939–2 March 1999) was a popular English singer whose career spanned four decades. ... Recorded and released in 1968 Dusty. ...

Rockier renditions include the 1982 remake by Sammy Hagar (which hit number seventy-three on the pop singles chart). A heavy metal version of the song was recorded by American glam metal band Rough Cutt on their Rough Cutt in 1985. The song was subsequently released as the second single. The song was also remade by Nazareth in 1989 on their Snakes and Ladders album. Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar (aka The Red Rocker), is an American rock guitarist, singer, and composer. ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... Rough Cutt is a band featuring singer Paul Shortino, who for a while replaced singer Kevin DuBrow in Quiet Riot. ... Rough Cutt is the first album of the band of the same name. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Nazareth is a Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, Love Hurts, in the middle of the 1970s. ...

New Zealand singer Jenny Morris covered the song in 1990 and was a hit in Australia peaking at number twenty-four. Jenny Morris is a New Zealand rock singer. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ...

A "live" medley of this song with Garnet Mimms' 1965 "Cry Baby" became a hit duet (it reached number thirty-two on the Billboard Hot 100) for American rock singer Melissa Etheridge and English soul singer Joss Stone when it was released to iTunes Store after they performed it at the Grammy Awards in 2005, in tribute to Janis Joplin. The performance also signalled Etheridge's first public return from her battle with breast cancer; with her head bald from the effects of chemotherapy, she tore into the song in what was considered a show-stopping rendition.^[4] Garnet Mimms (born Garrett Mimms 16 November 1933 in Ashland, West Virginia) is an American singer influential in soul music and rhythm and blues. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas) is a Grammy- and Academy Award-winning American rock musician. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker on 11 April 1987) is an English soul, R&B, and blues singer, songwriter, and occasional actress who has sold over ten million albums worldwide and won two BRIT Awards and one Grammy Award. ... The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ... The 47th Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ... Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ...

On the debut season of American Idol (2002), third placer Nikki McKibbin sang it for '60s week and then a studio version was made for the American Idol: Greatest Moments album. The song was also performed in 2005 on American Idol by Carrie Underwood, who eventually won that year's competition. It was also featured on America's Got Talent when eventual winner Bianca Ryan sang the song barefoot. It was also featured on the reality show Rock Star: Supernova, performed by Jill Gioia. AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American pop country music singer who won the fourth season of American Idol. ... Americas Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. ... Bianca Taylor Ryanaka Little Doria (born September 1, 1994) is an American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the debut season of NBCs Americas Got Talent. ...

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