Aretha Franklin

Released: January 24, 1972

Songwriter: Bacharach & David Burt Bacharach Hal David

Producer: Arif Mardin Jerry Wexler Tom Dowd

[Intro]
(April fools, April fools, April fools, April fools...
April fools, April fools, April fools, April fools...)

[Verse 1]
In an April dream, once you came to me
You smiled, I looked into your eyes, and I knew I'd be loving you, and
Then you touched my hand, and I knew April dreams could come true

[Chorus]
Are we just April fools, who can't see all the danger around us?
Are we just April fools? I don't care, true love has found us now
(April fool, true love's found us now...)
Woo! Yes, it has!
(April fool, true love's found us now...)
Uh-huh

[Verse 2]
Little did we know where the road would lead;
Here we are, a million miles away from the past, traveling so fast, and
There is no turning back if our sweet April dream doesn't last

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Little did we know where the road would lead;
Here we are, a million miles away from the past, traveling so fast, and
There is no turning back if our sweet April dream doesn't last

[Chorus][x2]

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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