{"id":491759,"date":"2019-10-31T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=906386"},"modified":"2019-10-31T13:11:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:11:28","slug":"kelly-clarkson-goes-full-hocus-pocus-for-i-put-a-spell-on-you-halloween-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/kelly-clarkson-goes-full-hocus-pocus-for-i-put-a-spell-on-you-halloween-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Clarkson Goes Full \u2018Hocus Pocus\u2019 for \u2018I Put a Spell on You\u2019 Halloween Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kelly Clarkson<\/a> celebrated Halloween<\/a> on her daytime show by going full Hocus Pocus<\/em>, emulating Bette Midler\u2019s look in the beloved 1993 witch movie and delivering a riveting rendition of Screamin\u2019 Jay Hawkins\u2019 classic \u201cI Put a Spell on You.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every episode of the Kelly Clarkson Show<\/em> finds the former American Idol<\/em> winner putting her spin on another singer\u2019s work; the show dubs it \u201cKellyoke<\/a>.\u201d To mark October 31st, Clarkson elevated Kellyoke to another level by reenacting a Hocus Pocus<\/em> scene where Midler transfixes a ballroom full of Halloween revelers with her version of the oft-covered Hawkins song.<\/p>\n

While Midler\u2019s Hocus Pocus<\/em> version was a poppier, girl group-inspired take, Clarkson\u2019s rendition returns \u201cI Put a Spell on You\u201d to its bluesy, haunting roots as zombie bellhops and two singing witches \u2014 portraying the roles filled in the film by Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy \u2014 danced around her.<\/p>\n

See Midler\u2019s version in the original Hocus Pocus<\/em> scene below:<\/p>\n