Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Phil Perry Chuck Jackson

Producer: Chuck Jackson

[Verse 1]
We've had a hard time
You and I
Life sent us through some changes
Oh, but somehow we got by
A winding road, a heavy load
Is nothing new, you see
We know that through the bad times
I'll have you and you'll have me

[Chorus]
United together
I finally found the one
Who'll love me forever
We two have just become as one

[Verse 2]
If we just keep this love alive
As time goes on this joy we know
Can't help but grow inside
Some people spend a lifetime
Looking for that special need
I'm so glad my search is over
Darling, I'm so glad that we're

[Chorus]
United together
(United together)
I finally found the one
(I finally found the one)
Who'll love me forever
(Who'll love me forever)
We two have just become
(We two have just become as one)

[Verse 3]
There's nothing we can't overcome
If you let me be your only one
There's nothing we can't overcome
If you let me be your one and only, one and only
Some people spend a lifetime
Looking for that special need
I'm so glad my search is over
Darling, I'm so glad that we're

[Chorus]
United together
(United together)
I finally found the one
(I have finally found the one)
Who'll love me forever
(Who will love me and stand by me forever)
We two have just become [x5]

[Outro]
United together
(United together)
I finally found the one
(I finally found the one)
Who'll love me forever
(Oh, who will love me forever)
We two have just become

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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Greatest Hits 1980-1994

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Greatest Hits 1980-1994 (1994)

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Greatest Hits 1980-1994