Aretha Franklin

Released: August 24, 1970

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Tom Dowd

[Verse 1]
I remember you’ve forgotten to remember
I wonder why
Baby, it was just a (One way ticket to love)
Ticket to love (One way ticket), mmm

[Verse 2]
You were lonely without a friend
That was when our romance began
Baby, it was just a, just a (One way ticket to love)
Ticket to love (One way ticket), ooh

[Bridge]
Like the dew on the mountain
Like the foam way out on the sea
Like the bubbles on the fountain
You’re gone forever from me, yeah

[Verse 3]
I loved you kindly, I loved you so blindly
But I loved you honest and I loved you true
But maybe, baby, it was just a (One way ticket to love)
Ticket to love (One way ticket), ooh

[Bridge]
Like the dew on the mountain
Like the foam way out out on the sea
Like the bubbles on the fountain
You’re gone forever from me, baby, don’t do it

[Verse 4]
I loved you kindly, but I loved you so blindly
But I loved you honest and everybody knows I loved you true
Maybe, baby, maybe it was just a (One way ticket to love)
Grab about, release this (One way ticket), yeah

[Outro]
(One way ticket to love, oh oh
One way ticket to love) Yeah, yeah, yeah (Oh)
(One way ticket to love) Oh (Oh oh oh)

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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