A Case of You

A Case of You

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Name = A Case of You


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Recorded = 1971
Genre = Folk
Length = 4:20
Writer = Joni Mitchell
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Misc = "A Case of You" is a song by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album "Blue". It is one one of the performer's most famous and widely-covered songs, having been performed by artists as diverse as Prince, K.D. Lang, Tori Amos, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Julia Murney, and Colin Meloy of the Decemberists.

Recording history

Mitchell wrote and recorded "A Case of You" in 1971, during her early folk period. The song was first released on the album "Blue" (1971), and Mitchell later recorded it on her live album "Miles of Aisles" (1974). The song is found on Mitchell's "Misses" (1996), and "Both Sides Now" (2000) in an orchestral version featuring a new vocal by Mitchell.

Autobiographical elements

"A Case of You" is widely believed to be about Mitchell's love affair with Leonard Cohen.Fact|date=January 2008

oundtracks

The song appears in the soundtracks to the films "Truly, Madly, Deeply", "Practical Magic" and "Waking the Dead". Nicole Kidman is seen singing alone to the song in the movie Practical Magic.


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