AQUALUNG - STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL (I'LL PUT A SPELL ON YOU)
I've Been Watching Your World From Afar
I've Been Trying To Be Where You Are
And I've Been Secretly Falling Apart
UnseenV
To Me, You're Strange And You're Beautiful
You'd Be So Perfect With Me
But You Just Can't See
You Turn Every Head But You Don't See Me
I'll Put A Spell On You
You'll Fall Asleep
When I Put A Spell On You
And When I Wake You I'll Be The First Thing You See
And You'll Realize That You Love Me
Yeah
Ye-Ah
Sometimes The Last Thing You Want Comes In First
Sometimes The First Thing You Want Never Comes
But I Know That Waiting Is All You Can Do
Sometimes
I'll Put A Spell On You
You'll Fall Asleep
When I Put A Spell On You
And When I Wake You I'll Be The First Thing You See
And You'll Realise That You Love Me
I'll Put A Spell On You
You'll Fall Asleep
Cause I Put A Spell On You
And When I Wake You I'll Be The First Thing You See
And You'll Realize That You Love Me, Yeah
Yeah
Ye-Ah
Yeah
Ye-Ah
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Matt Hales, Kim Oliver
Producer(s): Aqualung, Marius De Vries
Many Of The Lyrics Appear To Reference A Midsummer Night's Dream By Shakespeare: "I'll Put A Spell On You, You'll Fall Asleep And I'll Put A Spell On You, And When I Wake You I'll Be The First Thing You See, And You'll Realize That You Love Me" Is What Happens To The Characters In The Play - A Spell Is Cast On A Few To Make Them Fall In Love With The First Person They See After Waking Up.
This Was Popularized In 2002 When It Was Used In A Commercial For The Volkswagen Beetle. It Started Out As A 30-Second Snippet, But When Radio Stations And Record Stores Started Getting Calls About "That Vw Beetle Song" And Its Unknown Creator, Hales Fleshed It Out Into A Full-Fledged Song And Released It As His Debut Single.
This Was Used In The Movies The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 (2008) And Wicker Park (2004). It Was Also Featured In The Tv Shows The O.C. ("The Perfect Couple" - 2003) And Smallville ("Exodus" - 2003).