I want a little sugar in my bowl Nina Simone

[papadefrijoles]

...song makes me want to break down and cry... and put some sugar in somebody's bowl.

[vampria232]

I love this song I love Nina Simone

[lisasfanno1]

Lisa Hannigan brought me here!

[bluenoserainbow]

Please do no serve the lady short. Words and punctuation correction is needed. It is the least she deserves.

[bazzy3000]

screw any tv bs show that brought you here! the song is what counts! the voice is what counts! BEAUTIFUL!

[Princess27847]

@bazzy3000 Amen to this. Nina has an amazing voice.

[dickie089]

21 film



[VirgoClusterDenies]

the wire up if the thumbs brought you here

[Gumberculesus]

Mad props to any Wire fans who are heere

[filmc99]

@Gumberculesus haha just on season 4 now. marlo jus been jacked by omar. peace

[lucky9789]

accuracy cannot even begin to describe these lyrics.

[lucky9789]

no.

[bmoorekmines]

I Just heard this on American Horror Story

[Prometheus1st]

Wow...Imagine a 3-part song with Nina, Etta James, and Madam Ella Fitz-G. (With Louis Armstrong on the horn and providing backup)

[brittits69]

@Prometheus1st that'd be too  much man, they're meant to sing individually.

[firestartertwistedfi]

Yes, sure Nina Simone fans are likely to want to watch Conan the Barbarian - nailed the demographic right there movie people.

[QuistTV]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm love it

[neukertification]

GGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..I am gonna get my self some sugar.....<3..<3

[BlondeButton100]

Lol did any1 else notice the second lot of lyrics were completely different from the song?

Good song tho :-)

[tuffyordanos]

@BlondeButton100 the one by the tag is correct/

[shakimaro]

i want a ton of sugar in all my bowls.

[mrmoo35]

@shakimaro Lol (actually did)

[TheParamountPrincess]

that is a powerful sexy tune.... whewwwwwwww

[shaleerae]

it just takes you to another place

[tacticalcougar64]

Amazing singer/songwriter...I named my daughter after her. Love Nina Simone!

[h0n3yb33m3]

this is what i need right now hint hint hint

[hindrluvr]

Oh my god, thank you for this one, SR. I can't stop playing it :)

[yolandarumba]

hearing this makes me think how much i want my true fellow to put sugar in my bowl.truly missing you!!!

[320lana]

this song melts my butter.... so sexy

[MihaChan88]

13 peolpe don't understand nothing about music.

[cetricf]

THIS IS JUST PLAIN S-E-X-Y.

[retr0disiac]

lyrics are def wrong

[JackSmith07]

did nina simone write any music or were they all renditions?

[AvianSurvivors]

1:36.... Unbelievable

[MsNaturewoman]

If nina simone was ever reincarnated she would appear as a free unique bird.. gotta love her!!

[SCORPIONNY68]

How can anyone not like this song?

[gordeaux2006]

I love this song, it's very sad. I see it an an unfulfilled bored housewife lamenting what could have been or what is still possible. She feels she deserves more than what life has dished out to her. And I hope she got it!

[tm02066]

@gordeaux2006 More like "unfilled" than "unfulfilled." Cut to the chase, she's horny, ain't been getting much, and wants some now. Alberta Hunter, then in her 80's, recorded the definitive version, proving, I guess, that there's life after 50...The song originated in the early years of the 20th century when you could come right out and say what you wanted.

[gordeaux2006]

@tm02066

True! I want some 'Steam on my clothes..' bet there in the hot steamy south, two bodies to-gether would make a steamy session!

[pat2000420021]

13 people needs some salt in their bowl

[MaryJaneMagazines]

Given the weather here in San Fran right now, this song is some serious "snuggle up and make some sweet sweet lovin" music! Careful ladies, this is some baby-makin' music for sure!!!

[foolsknownot]

Well one thing is for sure this song was cover in Hedwig and the Angry Inch the words are different slightly but still the same context check it out and look up "Sugar Daddy -hedwig"

[djlinnski]

It could just be a song about cuddling and watching friends...ROFL. THis is also the best song ive ever heard in my life. I dont care who sung it first

[djlinnski]

It could just be a song about cuddling and watching friends...ROFL

[djlinnski]

It doesnt have to be a sex song. It could be a plethora of things

[opendtuning]

I want some sugar in my bowl too!!!

[peonbiscay]

i need a bowl 

[mechaorganism]

Not for Atkin dieters!

[camelitto1]

spécial touch  wonderfull song

[luxiaoou]

i love this song!

[fdrakopoulos]

now that's sexy, not these disgusting, fat women shaking their arses with non imaginative lyrics, songs you see on Mtv.....

[william52648]

The "High Princess of Soul"...that she will always be...4ever !

[misdutchie]

i never thought that i would feel like this song damn

[HarveyWallBanger321]

Three years online and only viewed 302,178 times whats wrong with people, your missing out on a great song and an all time great singer.

[lafiglia100]

It's so good. It's so. damn. good.

<3

[Costign]

I want a little cash, three decent meals a day and a house that don't leak over my head in my bowl.

[SumnerMurrayRedstone]

Point of No Return, Bridget Fonda, great dialogue about this song. +1.

[marymo75]

Keep coming back to listen to this song. Beautiful. I see Christmas time, snow and all sorts of lovely things lol

[sleepless4truth]

please forgive me, but if you are gunna write down the lyrics, i dooo wish they would be without mucho errors....... but thanks for sharing, it is soo great a rendition! namaste oxo

[kitkatkaraoke]

does anyone know if this is on karaoke? thank you. love this song.

[seeingUFOsPA]

@kitkatkaraoke Instrumental version only on karaoke-version(dot)com

[85Silvana85]

This song hurts..

[TheLafemmenoir]

"I feel so funny, I feel so sad"

[saucyminx31]

I don't take sugar, i 'm sweet enough

[xavi4179]

SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST, I ALWAYS LISTEN TO THIS SONG, THANKS NINA.

[sexybrownround1]

One of my favorites by the late, great & incomparable Nina Simone...

[Clodian01]

Nina, my love...

[misljenjejekao]

The best song ever!!!

[dmmont38]

A song so simple but with so much meaning, no one can deliver a song in such a way like Nina Simone can. Every time I listen to this song my soul melts.

[jessieprice1990]

Me and my friends have to sing and seduce a guy to this song for our final major project performance at college :~)

[PRETYPRINCESSPATCHES]

you got the lyrics wrong

[pandaeyes42]

This is so gorgeous!

[TaraPriyaMusic]

her delivery is so good. the lyrics are so simple, but she loads every word with so much emotion...

[rghunnicutt]

Rest in Peace Ms. Simone

[mindsouljah]

she sounds like a man

[SmellySagittarius]

This is exactly why I don't listen to music nowadays, because nothing can top this :D

[chelseaguy52]

obviously....Sweet n; Low ain't doing it today...or any other day!

[laramy1]

oh, yeah, this is the good stuff.

[Ruussseelll]

OH yeah - good sounds - I haven't heard much of this kind of music - I will from now on

[hangthetreasure]

You will find that nobody is making this kind of good music any more.

[hobojanglesJ]

Wow. good observation.

[zakclaxton]

Jazz/Blues is music straight from the heart. Glad you discovered it. :)

[paglialite]

@Ruussseelll Peggy Lee is a good place to start

[LaEnchiladita]

Sing it, mama.

[Perrygodmother]

Going to buy cd tomorrow

[Perrygodmother]

Where can I find accurate lyrics?

[candiceelopes]

I saw her live twice once in Boston but the best was at the University of Massachusetts. She was FANTASTIC that night. The Afro-American students organization gave her a Black Orchid one for each show. She dressed in a black jump suit with boots and her hair was braided. She sang her heart out that night. The audience went crazy, shouting for more, more, so she continued to play and sing. Her manager came out and unplugged the mic and speakers and told the musicians to leave before she stoped.

[lbrj720]

I love this women so jazz makes u sawy and relax good part of life =)

[sean311973]

I 'm sugar :)

[jkoff76]

That woman could make me cry.....

[backlegbreaker]

@jkoff76

Me too!! And i confess each time...

[starofthesea58]

@jkoff76 ....that woman is to real in 2011 ,nina simone sill sending chills from her grave! or maybe she's reincarnated like her song {who am i?}pull it up on you tube,

[Barbarabeatles]

@jkoff76 she.makes.me

[milicabg011]

I'm in this mood today....need some sugar in my bowl.....

[sabrinacle]

I used to listen to this song over and over again when I was a little girl. Its amazing what you can find in your moms record collection

[filmitfilmit]

hey jojo , you like this one?

[Fantasticjo]

I love Nina simone et I love this song.

[RoyalBear]

I was well into my twenties when I first "discovered" the fantastic sound that is only Nina Simone, and this is one of my absolute favorites.

There will never be another like her, her sound was so unique and she sang and played with emotion so often missing from the artists of today. I'm so glad I learned about her and have her recordings to share with the uninitiated.

[turqring]

never cease to feel funny when she says , feels a little funny - what a thrill her voice gives.

[davidoffon]

It gives me inspiration .

[Zuzuzzpetalzz]

Adore this song, adore Nina, as do my young children. I purchased them all some great 70's looking Nina t' s. it amazes me how many aren't aware of Nina, but it's great when we meet those who are.

[HippedOutfolif3]

Every time I listen to this all my problems jsut melt away.

[TheOakWizard]

This is a great song to listen to on a rainy day.

[analfabeta44]

just what I am doing now...

[mixmastamarshymc]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

Adore this song.

[butterbrot25]

genial :-)

[FaFina95]

Dolce... :)

[mcancer69]

I love this song so much, Nina Simone is just great...

[raythespian]

This was when she was young and had it all. She could weave phrases insinuatingly and slide into the upper register.  Youth is great while it lasts.

[LTcrew]

She wasn't only great when she was young!

[Chickenhawk9932]

Sweet!

[rosie2729]

i feel with u nina when i heard from the movie no point of return

[Punchy357]

awesome same here

[Seeya6]

bill----you a very funny guy ha.ha.

[billphoria]

I'd like to see/hear George Bush do this one naked

[wilwad]

Oh the piano sweetness

[nuttynice7]

Just Wonderful!

[ALFACORSE99]

una delle più belle canzoni di sempre!!!!

[Disincantato]

Che Meraviglia...

[Varavaken]

Old song. Bessie Smith sang it...

[boxtie]

fuckin great song...love nina.such feeling in her voice.....

[Lukin4SumthnReal]

We miss you Nina!!!

[deletedartist]

amazing voice

[JessieSoul]

why??

[oct1984]

come-here...come-here baby...you can get all of this sugar...you sweet-thing.

with-love...G

[pope1982]

I picked this for our wedding cake cutting song in 2 months :)

[nofearNDN611]

Ooo yaaah "Nina" sing it gf! stir sum sugar in my bowllll!she has such a sexy voice...ooo lots a suga in my bowl...

[irishwildwomaninexil]

lavay smith's version is soo much more awesome. lavay, ah swear, channels Miss Bessie Smith for this song, just as she chanells BILLIE so often.......

[isbent]

The lyrics need some adjustment:)

[thatcreepcanroll]

Nina covered a lot of songs. She had a way of making them her own.

[TimJim22001]

She wrote this!

[redsoxjock]

NPR had a whole story on this song which is originally from Bessie Smith. It was a sex song. Look at the original lyrics "I need a little sugar in my bowl; I need a little hot dog between my rolls". We're adults here and you can figure out what both those innuendos are! It was quite the scandal in the 20s.

[TheTilly65]

@redsoxjock What does NPR stand for please?

[0ctobergirl]

@TheTilly65 national public radio...

[redsoxjock]

@TheTilly65 National Public Radio. The US public broadcast system. They have a website at .org

[kat4107]

@redsoxjock of course it's a sex song. and it is amazing!

[lusivideo]

@kat4107

I don't see this as a sex song, actually.

[jcwoodzee]

...and stir it on up! Oooooo Nina.

[mariabaron]

I love Nina, she's a great singer, and this music is my favorite.

[nonuofyours]

Give her that sugar, but bring along the cream.  RIB 1 Beautiful Woman

[uksclavain]

Nina you are a wonderful woman.

[kingdomaffiliate]

I'm so young to know her music, but I'm glad I found out about her by chance! This song can be both religious and sexual depending on how you look at it, but either way this woman sure has soul!!!!

[AlcuinHimself]

An excellent track and Nina Simone does it brilliantly... but it wasn't ambiguous when it was written. It's an old blues standard that's old enough to come from a time when "sugar in my bowl" could not mean anything except sex.

[LOVEAGENT7]

I think that it's more about the sweetness of life

[Sayaleen]

Heh...I know how you feel... Sadly, I didn't know about some of her music and the only way I did was from video games...go figure lol

[PakaNoHida]

Anyone know what recording this is?

[tashie30]

Love it love it love it !!!!!

[barcelona36]

I love Nina, but Bessie Smith's version is much dirtier than this. If that's what you like ;-)

[AlcuinHimself]

True. Bessie Smith's version is much closer to the original "folk" version. But somehow, Nina's version is sexier for all that.

[LettersFromElyse]

I love it! Everytime I hear this song, I all I can picture is a woman, wearing nothing but an apron, chasing her man around the kitchen table... LOL

[85Silvana85]

if you look in the grey box below her name, is the correct lyrics.. Please look carfully asap ;)

[avantgardener3]

amazingphoebe, love it, and the presentation!

[gurpst]

This brings me to tears every time... Lovely Nina, it just doesn't get any better than this. I listened to some other versions on Youtube and no one even comes close. Thanks for sharing.

[SirosDude21]

There is Nina Simone & then there is everybody else!!!

[YouSerb77]

what's up with the captioning, it doesn't even match what she is singing.

[Debrenta]

Sexiest song ever done!

[LaFrancine]

This is a great song. I just found out about this amazing singer watch an old movie (Point of no return) the other night. She is great! Glad I watched that movie!

[gordeux2006]

My friend, Madame Zsa Zsa introduced me to this amazing song, standing at an ironing board in a dressing gown with Marilyn, her 10foot black Diamond python wrapped around her. Leaving the ironing, she focused on me and the snake as she sang, soulfully. What an act..waht a song! I hope to post a video of the performance for you soon.

[woof3x]

i'd like to see this drag act! full of histrionics of drag queens!

[redcarpetceleb]

a god !

[pmtiny]

Nina's voice is so awesome...

[aristeia14]

does anyone know which album this particular rendition is on? It's really amazing.

[thatcreepcanroll]

It's on _The Blues_, and the whole album is great.

[Remy237]

SOme thing about the Blues. The albulm has all this green leafy design on it. It was my first Nuina albulm :))

Good Journey

[63Attila]

I heard this performance many years ago on a vinyl. This is a sexy song. I heard a group of women form NOLA do this. It is sex.

Nina and her performance are marvelous and so

hippy era.

[kawaii8707]

i love how this song is so unintentionally sexy, sexy but classy. thats somthing many musicians and celebs lack these days

[woof3x]

i like that "unintentionally sexy". those are always the firt-rate, eh?

[Sugarscamp]

The words are a bit wrong there. But the song itself is beautiful!