Aretha Franklin

Released: July 25, 1981

Featuring: George Benson

Songwriter: Sam Dees

Producer: Arif Mardin

[Verse 1: Aretha Franklin]
I see myself in your face
A reflection of pain
Somebody made you
Cry over and over again

[Verse 2: George Benson
Still you and I made it
Through all of this for a reason
Yes, we did
Could it be that we created
Affair for all seasons

[Chorus: Aretha & George]
Because you and I
Were meant to be lovers
The search is over for us
There's no other, we're
Finally at the rainbow's end
Baby, together, we'll mend
All the cracks in our heart
And love all the hurt away

[Verse 3: George]
Woman, you are the thing that I
Hoped and I prayed for
You give you love and I'm
Happy like never before

[Verse 4: Aretha]
You be the strength and I'll
Be your shoulder to lean on
(You can lean on my shoulder)
We'll build a world and fill our
Whole place with love songs

[Chorus][x2]

[Outro: Aretha & George]
Love all the hurt away
And love all the hurt away
Yes, we're gonna love
We're going to love, baby
We're going to love, love, ohhh
Love all the hurt away
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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