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這首《You Keep Me Hangin' On》是美國黑人女子三人合唱團體The Supremes ( 主唱曾為鼎鼎大名的Diana Ross ) 於1966所推出的單曲，也是該團體在告示牌Hot 100排行榜的第8首冠軍曲。後此曲被多位歌手及團體翻唱，像是Rod Stewart、Box Tops、Vanilla Fudge等等。而英國女歌手Kim Wilde的翻唱版本，於1987再度登上了美國排行榜的冠軍寶座 ( UK #2 )。



但在我的記憶中，較熟知的卻是美國迷幻搖滾樂團Vanilla Fudge的版本，此版本與原唱的曲風差之頗大。Vanilla Fudge的鼓手Carmine Appice在2014接受訪談時，提到他們決定翻唱這首歌的原因：『我們之前較習慣於唱慢歌，當仔細模擬歌詞的情境，認為這是一首傷痛之歌，且其中包含有諸多的感情。若將The Supremes的版本再放快一些來聽，反而會覺得她們的聲音是歡樂的。是故，我們決定將歌曲的節奏放慢一些，也注入歌詞的感情，讓這首歌呈現出它應有的傷痛感覺。』簡言之，就是認為The Supremes沒有唱出歌詞的感情啦！

Vanilla Fudge的版本在告示牌僅獲得第6名，卻是該團最為知名的歌曲。收錄在專輯中的此曲長度有7分20秒，剪輯後的45轉單曲長度則不到3分鐘 。當年台灣熱門合唱團也頗喜歡唱這首歌，當前奏完畢，爆出第一句歌詞時，就感覺有些震撼力。






Set me free, why don't you, baby?
 Get out my life, why don't you, baby?
 'Cause you don't really love me
 You just keep me hangin' on
 You don't really need me
 But you keep me hangin' on

 Why do you keep a-coming around
 Playing with my heart?
 Why don't you get out of my life
 And let me make a new start?
 Let me get over you
 The way you've gotten over me, hey

 Set me free, why don't you, baby?
 Let me be, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 'Cause you don't really love me
 You just keep me hangin' on (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Now you don't really want me
 You just keep me hangin' on

 You say although we broke up
 You still wanna be just friends
 But how can we still be friends
 When seeing you only breaks my heart again?
 And there ain't nothing I can do about it

 Whoa-whoa-whoa
 Set me free, why don't you, baby?
 Whoa-whoa-whoa
 Get out my life, why don't you, baby? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Set me free, why don't you, baby?
 Get out my life, why don't you, baby?

 You claim you still care for me
 But your heart and soul needs to be free
 Now that you've got your freedom
 You wanna still hold on to me
 You don't want me for yourself
 So let me find somebody else, hey

 Why don't you be a man about it
 And set me free? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Now, you don't care a thing about me
 You're just using me (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 Go on, get out, get out of my life
 And let me sleep at night (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
 'Cause you don't really love me
 You just keep me hangin' on