I Put A Spell On You
by Nina Simone

I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-06-01
Overall rank: 1,581st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 204 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1965 (16th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (157th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,581st)

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Nina Simone bestography

I Put A Spell On You is ranked 4th best out of 48 albums by Nina Simone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nina Simone is Pastel Blues which is ranked number 556 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,103.

Nina Simone album bestography « Higher ranked (738th)
Little Girl Blue
This album (1,581st)
I Put A Spell On You
Lower ranked (2,217th) »
Nina Simone Sings The Blues

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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I Put A Spell On You track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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I Put A Spell On You rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,581st | 1960s rank: 157th | 1965 rank: 16th
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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2026OlliTop 56 Music Albums of 196527/563
2026UntitledTop 20 Music Albums of 19656/204
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s100/1000
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s55/1009
2026LittleM1971Top 75 Music Albums of 196568/751
2026WeepingguitarmanTop 31 Music Albums of 19658/314
2026javicho07Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s71/1006
2026JakorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s74/1005
2026 baystateoftheartTop 79 Music Albums of 19659/794
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s75/1005
2026lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s61/1008
2026JohnnyoTop albums of the 60’s (101 - 200)68/100 -
2026 DaydreamerTop 26 Music Albums of 196517/262
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 14 Music Albums of 19658/143
2026 paladisiacTop 41 Music Albums of 196521/413
2026daCriticTop 34 Music Albums of 196523/342
2026 Norman BatesTop 99 Music Albums of 196558/992
2026 andy_hunterTop 46 Music Albums of the 1960s42/462
2026Exist-en-cielTop 39 Music Albums of 196517/393
2026Cheboygan74Top 10 Music Albums of 19655/103
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 222
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,090
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I Put A Spell On You ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 204 votes)
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06/20/2026 01:08 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,21383/100
 
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03/03/2026 20:06 Leonard  Ratings distribution  6,61270/100
 
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03/01/2026 16:56 sweetness  Ratings distribution  1,12779/100
 
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01/19/2026 12:41 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,72077/100
 
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12/20/2025 03:04 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,55370/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.

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I Put A Spell On You comments

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80/100
From 06/10/2026 16:28 | #314870 | TOP COMMENT
Her most accessible work, and it doesn't take away from the quality. Not Pastel Blues, but still fantastic.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 07/29/2025 19:26 | #310340 | TOP COMMENT
A great showcase of Simone's intrinsic understanding of the music she performs. A few stand-out tunes, especially tracks 1 and 7. The only weak track is #10. Everything about this album is class. 9/10!
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95/100
From 08/12/2024 15:55 | #304732 | TOP COMMENT
Not quite on the level of Pastel Blues or of Sings the Blues, but no one does it like Nina. Helps that the highs on this thing are bone-crushing. Simply the best shit.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 07/26/2022 13:05 | #287835
Very soulful, grandiose and beautiful.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 02/18/2020 14:39 | #247930
Se aproximando do pop Nina marca o jazz!!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 02/15/2020 22:51 | #247831
The best cover of "Feeling Good" goes to Ms Nina Simone; so powerful and emotional.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 04/03/2018 17:11 | #212238 | TOP COMMENT
I was impressed by this album way more than I thought I would be, jeez this woman has a voice. Feelin Good and I Put a Spell on You are both incredible songs and it's nice to see Simone give a nod to an amazing artist like Brel (she has an admirable accent for an American but as a French-speaking person it stills sounds fairly awkward). Nevertheless, this album is just incredible, underrated on this site, timeless music.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 05/28/2016 21:36 | #167102 | TOP COMMENT
A superb album from Nina Simone. It's a quirky jazz pop album featuring some fantastic songs. Simone is excellent all the way through. Marriage is for old folks, is brilliant, as are, be me quitte pas, July tree, and the title track. Simone made some great albums in the sixties, this is one of them.
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