Jes Colongo “Unchain My Heart” by Ray Charles & Bobby Sharp, Joe Cocker. (1961) Short Literal Parody

Jes Colongo singing “Unchain My Heart” by Ray Charles & Bobby Sharp, sung in the style of Joe Cocker. Performed at Blue Jean Blues Jazz Club, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, on November 17, 2020. "Unchain My Heart" is a song written by Bobby Sharp and recorded first in 1961 by Ray Charles and in 1963 by Trini Lopez and later by many others. Sharp, a drug addict at the time, sold the song to Teddy Powell for $50. Powell demanded half the songwriting credit. Sharp later successfully fought for the rights to his song. In 1987, he was also able to renew the copyright for his publishing company, B. Sharp Music. The song was a hit for Charles when released as a single in late 1961. Accompanied by his backup singers the Raelettes, Charles sang about wanting to be free from a woman "who won't let (him) go". His band included longtime saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman. The song reached number nine on the pop singles chart and number one on the R&B singles chart and was the working title of Charles' 2004 biopic Ray. Contents 1 Cover versions 2 Charts 2.1 Ray Charles version 2.2 Joe Cocker version 3 References 4 External links Cover versions In 1963, doo-wop band the Rivingtons covered "Unchain My Heart" on their Doin' The Bird LP. Trini Lopez covered it on his debut album, Trini Lopez at PJ's. The track was further popularized by Joe Cocker when he named his 1987 album after the song. His version of the song was re-released in 1992 and reached number 17 in the UK. In Australia, the Howard government used the Joe Cocker version to promote the television advertisements for the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2000. Another a cappella group, the Bobs, recorded a version in 1994 and George Williams released a version on his Shades album in 2002. Hugh Laurie recorded a version in 2012 in the Ocean Way Studios. It appeared as a bonus track on his Didn't It Rain album. Lyrics Unchain my heart, baby let me be 'Cause you don't care, help me, set me free Unchain my heart, baby let me go Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't love me no more Every time I call you on the phone Some fellow tells me that you're not at home Unchain my heart, set me free Unchain my heart (unchain my heart), baby let me be Unchain my heart (unchain my heart), 'cause you don't care about me You got me sewed up like a narrow case But you let my love go to waste Unchain my heart, set me free I'm under your spell, like a man in a trance, baby Oh but you know damn well, that I don't stand a chance Unchain my heart (unchain my heart), let me go my way Unchain my heart (unchain my heart), you were mean that day Why lead me through a life of misery When you don't care a bag of beans for me Unchain my heart, oh please, let me free, alright I'm under your spell, just like a man in a trance, baby But you know damn well, that I don't stand a chance Please, unchain my heart (unchain my heart), let me go my way Unchain my heart (unchain my heart), you were mean that day Why lead me through a life of misery When you don't care a bag of beans for me Unchain my heart, please, let me free, oh set me free (Unchain my heart) you don't care Oh, don't you let me go (unchain my heart) if you don't love me no more (Unchain my heart) (Unchain my heart) let me go I'm under your spell (unchain my heart) just like a man in a trance And you know damn well (unchain my heart), that I don't stand a chance, no, oh (Unchain my heart) you don't care So please set me free (unchain my heart) #jescolongo #unchainmyheart #shorts