Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart

“Piece of My Heart” – Single by Big Brother and the Holding Company from the album Cheap Thrills.
Released: August 1968

The original version of “Piece of My Heart” was recorded by Aretha Franklin’s older sister Erma in 1967 for producer Bert Berns’ Shout label with the same song on both sides of the 7-inch vinyl single. Bert Berns asked Van Morrison, whom he was producing, to record the song, but Morrison declined, preferring to do his own material.

The song became a bigger pop hit 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 four-minute, 15-second rendition made it to number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Billboard called it “dynamite,” stating that “this raucous dance treatment will rock up the Hot 100.”

The song’s instrumentation was arranged by Sam Andrew, who performed three distorted, loud guitar solos for a psychedelic touch.

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Janis Joplin- Piece of My Heart (Live in Stockholm 1969)

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Janis Joplin sang this at Woodstock in 1969 as part of her encore.

Big Brother’s version, which runs for over four minutes, was cut down to two minutes for radio play. The most devastating cut was Sam Andrew’s psychedelic guitar solo.

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