Aretha Franklin

Released: May 27, 1976

Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield

Producer: Curtis Mayfield

[Verse 1]
Loving you baby
Brings a chill right down my spine, yes it does
You give me so much joy
Your love’s kinda hard to define
All my love is yours
Ooh, i confess, you’re so smooth, ooh, ooh
Love me all the time
Ooh, sweet baby, you’re so cool, ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
Loving you baby
Don’t make it hard when we’re trying and making
Our love so satisfying
Love standing side by side
So much faith, so much pride
Loving you, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, baby
Loving you

[Verse 2]
Don’t leave me, oh
Don’t leave me alone in trouble
Just call my name
And you know i’ll be there on the double
Dancing on the floor
Take me out, everything’s cool, yes it is, ain’t it now?
You might be the one
Just remember, sparkles, no fool

[Chorus]
Loving you baby
Don’t make it hard when we’re trying and making
Your love so satisfying
Love standing side by side
So much faith, so much pride
Loving you, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, baby
Loving you, oh, ooh

[Bridge]
Doo do do doo do
Doo do doo, do do do doo, do do
Doo do, doo do
Do do doo do
Doo do doo, do do do doo, do do
Ooh ooh, ooh, yeah
Sweet baby
Ooh, ooh ooh, ooh yeah

[Chorus]
Loving you baby
Don’t make it hard when we’re trying and making
Your love so satisfying
Love standing side by side
So much faith, oh, so much pride
Loving you, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, baby
Loving you, oh, ooh

[Outro]
Loving you baby (loving you)
Loving you, ooh, ooh (loving you)
Loving you baby (loving you)
Hey baby, loving you, ooh, ooh, ooh (loving you)
Loving you (loving you)
Ooh, ooh, loving 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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