Credited on the record as Joe Quarterman and Free Soul.
(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind Pt. 1
1972 · GSF 6879 · USA
- Artist
- Joe Quarterman
- Credited on the record as
- Joe Quarterman and Free Soul
- Title
- (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind Pt. 1
- Release
- (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2)
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- GSF # 6879
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Joe Quarterman
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul · Funk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
American funk and soul singer Sir Joe Quarterman, from Washington D.C., released the song "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Parts 1 & 2)" (GSF Records # 6879) - one of those troubles was the Vietnam War: "there is evolution, much confusion...Vietnam War...trouble in my mind". The other issues concerning the narrator were drug addiction in schools, and his girlfriend was pregnant. At the end of song he noted those overseas "fighting over in Vietnam", who have a "whole lot of trouble". The song also appeared on the 1973 album Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul (GSF Records # GSF-S-1009). The song peaked at # 30 on the Billboard R&B chart on 6 January 1973.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I got so much trouble in my mind / Give me the strength to carry on / Cause everything I got is just about gone / I think about, I think about it / I got so much trouble in my mind / I got make up a job / And everyday my work gets so hard / I worry about it, I worry about it / I got so much trouble in my mind / There is evolution, much confusion / Drug addiction, no convictions / Vietnam War / Junkies at your door / I got so much trouble in my mind... / Those fighting over in Vietnam got a whole lot of trouble
Notes
GSF Records 6879, "A subsidiary of G S F Inc.", GSF Records Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019, made in USA, ℗ 1972 GSF Records, Inc.; Side A "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind Pt. 1" (1069), 3:07, and Side B "Pt. 2" (1070), 3:14, both written by Joe Quarterman, published by Access Music Corp./Avalanche Music, BMI; produced by Bill Tate, Cotter Wells and Cory Pearson for Mantis Record Corp.; credited to Joe Quarterman and Free Soul. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
'Sir Joe' Quarterman, American funk singer and trumpeter from Washington, D.C. (b. 1946), leader of Free Soul ('(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind'). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs