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{{Infobox song
| name       = Fever
| cover      = 
| alt        =
| caption    = One of US vinyl singles
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Little Willie John]]
| album      = Fever
| B-side     = Letter from My Darling
| released   = May 1956
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rhythm and blues]]
| length     = 2:40
| label      = [[King Records (United States)|King 4935]]
| writer     =
* [[Eddie Cooley]]
* [[Otis Blackwell|John Davenport]]
| producer   = [[Henry Glover]]
| prev_title = [[Need Your Love So Bad]]
| prev_year  = 1955
| next_title = Do Something for Me
| next_year  = 1956
}}
"'''Fever'''" is a 1956 written by [[Eddie Cooley]] and [[Otis Blackwell]] and was originally recorded by [[Little Willie John]]. It went to number 27 in the United States and has been covered by numerous artists including [[Peggy Lee]] in 1958 and was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards in 1959. 

==Madonna version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Fever
| cover      = 
| alt        =
| caption    = Artwork for all commercial non-US releases
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Madonna]]
| album      = [[Erotica (Madonna album)|Erotica]]
| A-side     = [[Bad Girl (Madonna song)|Bad Girl]]
| B-side     = "Fever" (remixes)
| released   = March 6, 1993
| recorded   = August 15, 1992
| studio     = Soundworks ([[New York City|New York]])
| venue      =
| genre      =
* [[Electronic dance music|Dance]]
* [[House music|house]]
* [[deep house]]<ref name="Molanphy 2018">{{Cite podcast|url=https://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2018/03/how_madonna_turned_electronica_into_pop_for_her_1998_comeback.html|title= Hit Parade: the Veronica Electronica Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=March 29, 2018|access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref>
| length     = 5:00
| label      =
* [[Maverick (company)|Maverick]]
* [[Sire Records|Sire]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     =
* Eddie Cooley
* [[Otis Blackwell|John Davenport]]
* [[Peggy Lee]] (uncredited)
| producer   =
* Madonna
* [[Shep Pettibone]]
| prev_title = [[Bad Girl (Madonna song)|Bad Girl]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[Rain (Madonna song)|Rain]]
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|P0kJ3r9j5MQ|"Fever"}}}}
}}
[[Madonna]] covered ''Fever'' for her fifth studio album ''[[Erotica (Madonna album)|Erotica]]''. It was not released in the United States but went to number 6 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, number 1 in Finland, number 51 in Australia, number 23 in Iceland, number 17 in New Zealand and number 31 in France.

===Formats and track listings===
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* '''Australian, European, and UK CD maxi-single'''
# "Fever" (Album Edit)&nbsp;– 4:30
# "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12-inch Mix)&nbsp;– 7:58
# "Fever" (Extended 12-inch Mix)&nbsp;– 6:07
# "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)&nbsp;– 4:31
# "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)&nbsp;– 7:10
# "Fever" (Murk Boys Deep South Mix)&nbsp;– 6:28

* '''Digital single – "Bad Girl / Fever" (2022)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bad-girl-fever/1650569685 |title=Bad Girl / Fever by Madonna on Apple Music |website=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>
# "Bad Girl" (Edit)&nbsp;– 4:35
# "Bad Girl" (Extended Mix)&nbsp;– 6:29
# "Fever" (Album Edit)&nbsp;– 4:30
# "Fever" (Edit One)&nbsp;– 4:05
# "Fever" (Extended 12-inch Mix)&nbsp;– 6:07
# "Fever" (Hot Sweat 12-inch Mix)&nbsp;– 7:58
# "Fever" ([[Murk (band)|Murk Boys]] Deep South Mix)&nbsp;– 6:28
# "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Mix)&nbsp;– 7:10
# "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Dub)&nbsp;– 7:12
# "Fever" (Radio Edit/Remix)&nbsp;– 5:09
# "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Dub)&nbsp;– 4:31
# "Fever" ([[Murk (band)|Oscar G's]] Dope Mix)&nbsp;– 4:55
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NOTE: Track 9 is the same version as Track 8 / it is NOT (Miami Dub).

== References ==
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{{Rita Coolidge}}
{{Bette Midler singles}}
{{Amanda Lear}}
{{Peggy Lee}}
{{Madonna songs}}
{{Beyoncé songs}}
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