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You Keep Me Hangin’ OnAretha Franklin

Released: October 17, 2014

Songwriter: Holland-Dozier-Holland Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland

Producer: Terry Hunter DJ Wayne Williams

[Chorus]
Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out of my life why don't cha babe
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hanging on

[Verse 1]
Why do you keep coming around
Playing with my heart
Why don't cha get out of my life
And let me make a new start
Let me get over you
The way you've gotten over me, yeah

[Chorus]
Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out of my life why don't cha babe
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging on
You don't really want me
You keep me hanging on

[Verse 2]
You say although we broke up
You still wanna be just friends
But how can we still be friends
When seeing you only breaks my heart again
(Get over it; baby, get over it)

[Chorus]
Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out of my life why don't cha babe
Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out of my life why don't cha babe
You don't really love me
(You don't really love me)
You just keep me hanging on
(Oh, but you keep me dangling right there)
You don't really need me
You keep me hanging on

[Bridge]
You claim you still care for me
But your heart and soul needs to be free
Now that you've got your freedom
You wanna still hold on to me
You don't want me for yourself
So let me find somebody else
Hey, hey, hey

Why don't cha be a man about it and set me free
Now you don't care a thing about me
You're just using me
(You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it)
Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night (I want to sleep at night)
Because you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging on
Why don't cha be a man about it and set me free
Man up (Man up)
You don't care a thing about me
You're just using me
Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night
(Get to steppin', baby; get to steppin')
Because you don't really love me
You just keep me hanging on
(Keep me, you keep me, keep me)
Keep...keep me hanging on
Keep...keep me hanging on

[Chorus]
Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out of my life why don't cha babe
You don't really love me
But you keep me hanging on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hanging on
Set me free why don't cha babe
Get out of my life why don't cha babe
You don't really love me
But you keep me hanging on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hanging on

Aretha Franklin

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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