See What You Done Done (Hymn No. 9)
1971 · Demin-Kalo JS-2 - JS-3 · USA
- Artist
- Delia Gartrell
- Title
- See What You Done Done (Hymn No. 9)
- Release
- See What You Done, Done (Hymn No. 9) / Fight Fire With Fire
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Demin-Kalo # JS-2 - JS-3
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- J. Shaw & D. Gartrell
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The 1971 track "See What You Done, Done (Hymn No. 9)", a raw angry cry against the army and government that sent her son "back to me a stoned junkie… my son died from an overdose... while he was fighting in your war", an early representative of a Vietnam veteran who became a drug addict. Through highlighting the negative impact of the war, it leans towards the anti-war side.Composed by Atlanta, Georgian soul singer Delia Gartrell and her husband James T. Shaw, otherwise known as The Mighty Hannibal (he also released a Vietnam War song in 1966 with a similar name, but different theme - Hymn No. 5). This Delia Gartrell single, originally released on the obscure Atlanta label Demin-Kalo (# JS-2/JS-3), was soon after picked up by the larger New York label Right-On Records (RR0-109). Hannibal explained in an interview that the inspiration for writing "See What You Done, Done": "Me and my wife were watching the news and Walter Cronkite was talking about how all the soldiers were coming back from Vietnam addicted to opium". (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
The 1971 track "See What You Done, Done (Hymn No. 9)", a raw angry cry against the army and government that sent her son "back to me a stoned junkie… my son died from an overdose... while he was fighting in your war", an early representative of a Vietnam veteran who became a drug addict. Through highlighting the negative impact of the war, it leans towards the anti-war side. Composed by Atlanta, Georgian soul singer Delia Gartrell and her husband James T. Shaw, otherwise known as The Mighty Hannibal (he also released a Vietnam War song in 1966 with a similar name, but different theme - Hymn No. 5). This Delia Gartrell single, originally released on the obscure Atlanta label Demin-Kalo (# JS-2/JS-3), was soon after picked up by the larger New York label Right-On Records (RR0-109). Hannibal explained in an interview that the inspiration for writing "See What You Done, Done": "Me and my wife were watching the news and Walter Cronkite was talking about how all the soldiers were coming back from Vietnam addicted to opium". (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Delia Gartrell was an American soul singer, the wife of James Timothy Shaw, better known as The Mighty Hannibal, who wrote and produced for her. 'See What You Done Done (Hymn No. 9)' was issued on Right-On RRO-109 in 1971 and is the best-known record under her name. [Source: Discogs; Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven; Atlanta press obituaries for The Mighty Hannibal]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs