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Freeway of LoveAretha Franklin

Released: June 5, 1985

Songwriter: Narada Michael Walden Jeffrey Cohen

Producer: Narada Michael Walden

[Verse 1]
Knew you'd be a vision in white
How'd you get your pants so tight?
Don't know what you're doing
But you must be living right, yeah
We got some places to see
I brought all the maps with me
So jump in, it ain't no sin
Take a ride in my machine

[Pre-Chorus]
City traffic's moving way too slow
Drop the pedal and go, go, go

[Chorus]
We going riding on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
We going riding on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac
We going riding on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
We riding on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac

[Verse 2]
Never you mind the exit signs
We got lots of time
We can't quit till we get
To the other side
With the radio playing our song
We keep rolling on
Who knows how far a car can get
Before you think about slowing, slowing down, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
City traffic's moving way too slow
Drop the pedal and go, go, go

[Chorus]
We going riding on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
We going riding on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac
We going riding on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
We riding on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac

[Verse 3]
Here we go, one more time
With the wind and your fingers in my hand
Kind of think we are going for an extended throw down
So drop the top, baby, and let's cruise on into
It's Better Than Ever Street

[Pre-Chorus]
City traffic's moving way too slow
Drop the pedal and go, go, go

[Chorus]
We going riding on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
We going riding on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac
We going riding on the freeway of love
Wind's against our back
We riding on the freeway of love
In my pink Cadillac

[Outro]
And what I want you to do, baby
(freeway of love) get over in the left lane
And let's merge with peace, oh, yeah
(freeway of love) take the love exit
And then make a right turn
(freeway of love) go on over to Love and Satisfaction and Joy Road
Well, ain't we riding baby
Ain't we cruising down?
Free, free, free, freeway go on out to, ow
Let's Be Good to Each Other Street
Freeway! Well
(freeway of love) see that little landmark over there
A whole lot of kisses and sweet stuff
(freeway of love) we'll be just about ow, ow, ow
And Satisfaction Road, yeah (free free free)
Satisfaction, yeah (freeway of love)
(free free free)
(freeway of love)

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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