Janis Joplin ~ Move Over

‘Move Over’ featured on her much-adored second album, Pearl, which would be released just two months following her death which meant, of course, that Joplin sadly never lived to see the song and the album become the staple of any good record collection. The record, which sold four million copies and hit number one on the charts, all tragically after Joplin passed away. The song arrived like a piece of art, a project that was of immense pride to Joplin as she was known primarily for her voice alone rather than her songwriting brilliance which is on full flow on this track. It’s the only number on Pearl that was penned solely by Joplin. Joplin appeared on The Dick Cavett Show on June 25, 1970, to perform ‘Move Over’, stated that the song was about men and specifies it is about the sort of man who tells you your relationship is over but equally won’t let you move on. It’s a song that clearly carried a lot of emotional weight for Joplin and used it as a mechanism for airing the personal issues she was dealing with at the time. The song was delivered as a perfect opportunity to have a subtle swipe at her problematic ex. The legendary singer would only perform the track on four occasions before she would, unfortunately, succumb to addiction and accidentally overdose on heroin in 1970, an incident which cut one of the most distinctive and pioneering musical careers painfully short. It was soon after her passing that more rare recordings would be released posthumously, a body of...