Take a Little Piece of My Heart is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns, originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. It gained widespread fame through Janis Joplin's powerful rendition with her band Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in 1968, becoming one of her signature songs.
Like I always said that that's one of the reasons why Janice Jofflin was so good when she would sing Take a Little Piece of My Heart. You believe that? You believed it.
""The song title is explicitly mentioned in the context of discussing Janis Joplin's performance and emotional delivery."