Aretha Franklin

Released: September 16, 2003

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

Producer: Aretha Franklin

This is love, my darling
Can't you feel it?
When you really had me, concealing
I just can't be that way with you
The light of my life
And you don't even even know it
How many ways can I show it?
Wherever you are, I wanna be with you, baby

The joining of our hearts
The joining of our hands
With this ring, I thee wed
The love of my life
I'll trust you with my heart, dear
Trust you more when you're not here

This is your last chance
There'll be no backward glance
Are we on or are we through?

This is your last chance
There'll be no backward glance
Are we on or are we through?

You feel it in your heart
Feel it down in your soul, baby
Oh yeah yeah...

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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