Aretha Franklin song that I love!
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Story behind the song
This was Aretha Franklin's debut single for Atlantic and the Queen of Soul's first Top Ten hit. The song was written by Ronnie Shannon, and her recording of the Blues-based ballad established the singer as a superstar. Shannon also wrote Franklin's "Baby I Love You."
In The Billboard Book of #1 R&B Hits, Shannon explained: "The idea was to write an original soul message. Not knowing exactly where to begin, I decided to let vivid imagination be my guide."
In this song Aretha plays a victim, somebody helplessly attached to a no-good, heartbreaking, cheating liar. On her next single "Respect," Franklin took on an entirely different role, that of a sexually confident woman. The Muscle Shoals rhythm section backed Aretha on both singles.
This was recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where the famous Muscle Shoals Rhythm section played on it. It was produced by Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd, who were key contributors to the success of Atlantic Records.
This is ranked #186 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Lyrics
( I modified some lyrics so not all are from original version)
You're no good, heartbreaker
You're a liar, you're a cheat
I don't know why I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me that you ain't no good
But Lord, they don't know that I'd leave you if I could
I guess I'm uptight but I'm stuck like glue
Cause I ain't never, I ain't never,
I ain't never, no no Loved a man the way that I, I love you
some time ago I thought, you'd run out of fools
But I was so wrong, cause you've got one you'll never lose
The way you treat me is a shame,
How could you hurt me so bad?
Baby you know that I'm the best thing that you ever had
Kiss me once again. Don't you never say that we're through
Cause I ain't never, never,
never, no no, Loved a man the way that I love you...
I can't sleep at night and I can't eat a bite
guess Ill never be free Since you got your hooks in me
Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're my man, you're my man
I ain't never loved a man, I ain't never loved a man
ain't ever loved a man who hurt me so bad, no
tell you just what i'm gonna do about it
I tell you I'm gonna hold onto it, gonna hold...onto it! Yeah!