Written by Ronnie Shannon, who was also responsible for Aretha's first Top 10 hit I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," this horn-laden soul track finds the singer declaring her love and urging her man to make the next move. Aside from peaking at #4 on the Hot 100, it also held the #1 spot on the R&B chart for two weeks.
Aretha recorded this with Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler in New York City during the same session as "Chain Of Fools." Most of the personnel from "I Never Loved A Man" featured on the track, including engineer Tom Dowd and Muscle Shoals players Jimmy Johnson and Joe South on guitars, Tommy Cogbill on bass, Spooner Oldham on electric piano and Roger Hawkins on drums. Truman Thomas also played the organ. Likewise, her sisters Carolyn and Erma provided backing vocals along with the Sweet Inspirations, an R&B girl group founded by Cissy Houston.
Arif Mardin arranged the horns, which boasted King Curtis, who blasted out the famous solo on "Yakety Yak," on tenor sax, along with Charlie Chalmers on tenor sax, Willie Bridges on baritone sax, Melvin Lastie on trumpet, and Tony Studd on trombone.
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