Cover art for Fever by Beyoncé

Fever

Feb. 8, 20101 viewer

Fever Lyrics

[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]
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 wanna treat you right

[Chorus]
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 you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago

[Verse 4]
Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said to Julie, "Baby, you're my flame"
You givest fever
When we kisseth
Fever with my flamin' youth
Fever, I'm on fire
Fever yeah, I burn forsooth

[Verse 5]
Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She says, "Daddy, oh, don't you dare"
He gives me fever
With his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Mrs
Daddy, won't you treat him right?
[Verse 6]
Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Cats were born to give chicks fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
We're givin' ya fever
When we kiss ya
Fever if you live and learn
Fever, till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn

[Outro]
You give me fever
Catch the fever
Catch the fever

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Genius Annotation

Originally recorded by the american R&B singer Little Willie John in 1956, Beyoncé blessed this song with her vocals twice.

First, for the soundtrack album for the 2003 american musical dramedy film, The Fighting Temptations, in which she also had a leading role and sang the song on the scene. It was also included in the set list of the singer’s first headlining solo Dangerously in Love Tour on 2003, which later on 2004 was released on the Live at Wembley DVD.

The second record for the song was in 2010 as a promotion for her first fragrance Heat, using the song in its advertisements. It was released as a single for digital download on the iTunes Store on February 8 in the same year. One year later, “Fever” was included on the extended play (EP) Heat, a limited CD released with the perfume.

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