Aretha Franklin

Released: January 22, 1968

Songwriter: Nat Jones James Brown

Producer: Jerry Wexler

[Verse 1]
Told my darling that I had to go
It's your body, I don't care no more
Although you had me, time to get along

[Chorus]
Money won't change you, money won't change you
But time will take your own do

[Verse 2]
Then you know, how to be treated
Hold me, baby, tell the world
That you're my woman, my only girl

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
I know you're happy
To know you're happy, and to know you're gone
Money won't change you
Money won't change you, mama
I said, money won't change you
But time will take you own

[Verse 3]
I said, put a smile as good as gold
But that smile now can't be sold
You said, baby, that you had to go
Back to somebody, I don't care no more
Told your friends I was a fool
The trouble's, woman, that you've got to go through
Other lover won't take me home
I have a[?]
Even in the street, even in the car too
Mashed potatoes and boogaloo
Come on baby and let yourself go[?]
It's your body, I don't care no more
Come on baby, come on baby, everybody, everybody
Need your hand, need your hand
Let me tell you I, I, I[?]
I'm down so long[?]

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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