3rd
ULTIMATE LADY: BETTYE LAVETTE
Holy fucking shit Bettye Lavette is so amazing. Check out the cold as ice rendition of this song that always makes me want to commit some act of impassioned crime.
Also, peep this quote from Bettye about her original recording of this jam:
“When I was recording the vocal, the guy I was thinking about came into the control room, so I was singing the song to him. When we finished recording, everyone in the control room was in tears: except him.”
As if I needed more reasons to like this song.