Songwriter: Roy Freeland Beppe Cantarelli

Producer: Narada Michael Walden

[Verse 1]
All my friends have to ask if I'm shattered
I say the past is the past and it no longer matters
I made my mind up
I can make it
I'll be fine
Even if I gotta fake it
I'll keep surviving

[Chorus]
Another night - without you
Another night - I know I can get through
Another night - it's only
Another night - I won't be lonely
Another night - another night
Another night - it ain't much
Another night - without your touch

[Verse 2]
I used to search through the crowd to find you
But I don't feel like it now
So don't look behind you
You better face it
I won't be calling
I hit my stride when the evening is falling
I'm going to make it
Another night - without you
Out where the music is loud and the people are laughing
I'm going to step on out
I won't be down
Going to stand my ground for just another night
Oh yes for a another night
I made my mind up
I can make it

[Bridge]
I'll be fine
Even if I gotta fake it
I'll keep surviving
Yes
I will

[Chorus]

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.