Aretha Franklin

Released: October 12, 1968

Songwriter: Ray Charles

Producer: Jerry Wexler

Come back, baby (Come back, baby)
Baby, please don't go (Come back, baby)
'Cause the way I love you (You wouldn't believe it)
You'll never know (You wouldn't believe it)

Come back baby (Come back, baby)
Let's talk it over
Yeah, one more time, oh yeah

Well, I admit, baby (Yes I did)
That I was wrong (Sure was wrong)
Don't you know, baby (Don't you know, baby)
That you been gone too long (Been gone too long)

Come on, baby (Come back, baby)
And let's talk it over
Talk about it one more, one more, one more, one more, one more
One more time

One of these days, baby (One day)
It won't be long, no no no (One day)
You're gonna look for me, yeah
And I'll be gone

Come back, baby (Come back, baby)
Let's talk it over
Talk about it one more, one more, one more, one more, one more
One more time

If I could holler
Like a mountain jack
People, I'll say it right here
Call my baby back

Come back, baby
Let's talk it over
Let's talk about it one more, one more, yeah
Gimme just, gimme just one more time, ooh

Come on, baby
Let's talk it over
One more, one more
Gimme just one more, one more time

I said one more
Gimme just one more time
I tell you just one more, yeah
Give me just one more time
Oh baby, I wonder would you give me one more time
Oh baby, yeah, give me just one more time
Oh baby, give me just one more time
I need, yeah, I said I need one more time
You promised me that you would never leave me
You promised me, baby, that you'd never never leave me
Oh baby, I wonder would you give me one more time
Oh, yeah, I wonder would you give me one more time
Yeah

Thank you very much
You're wonderful
Thank you

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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