Aretha Franklin

Released: October 17, 2014

Songwriter: Mack Gordon Harry Warren

Producer: Babyface Antonio Dixon Clive Davis

[Intro]

[Chorus]
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over (Mm, yeah)
And life, and life is like a song (Yeah)
At last, at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night that I looked at you

[Verse]
I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I, that I could call my own
I found a thrill, a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known (Oh)
And you smiled, baby, baby, baby
Then the spell was cast
And here we are, here we are, here we are I'm in Heaven
For you are mine, you are mine at last, at last

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse]
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
You smiled, baby, baby, baby, baby
Then the spell was cast, cast
And here we are, here we are in Heaven (Oo)
And you are mine, at last, at last, at last (Oh)
You are mine at last

[Outro]

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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