Fever

Written by	John Davenport and Eddie Cooley
Date	1956
Publisher	Fort Knox Music Inc.; Trio Music Co.

Rita Moreno sings "Fever" on episode 105 of The Muppet Show, backed by Floyd on bass and Animal on drums. Animal proves a little too enthusiastic with the drumming, which threatens to throw off her performance. Moreno berates him in Spanish and English, but he refuses to show restraint. At the end of the song, she smashes his head between two cymbals. He is thrilled by this, exclaiming, "You're my kind of woman!"

Otis Blackwell wrote "Fever" with Eddie Cooley under the pseudonym, John Davenport.

Miss Piggy performed "Fever" at the Hollywood Bowl in summer 2006.

Animal and Rosie Perez reenacted the bit from The Muppet Show at 2015's Kennedy Center Honors as a tribute to Moreno.

Amy Schumer and Questlove reenacted the bit on a 2016 episode of Inside Amy Schumer as a tribute to The Muppet Show.

Video releases

• The Muppet Revue (1985)