I Say a Little Prayer
1968 · Atlantic 45-2546 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Aretha Franklin
- Title
- I Say a Little Prayer
- Release
- The House That Jack Built / I Say a Little Prayer
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Atlantic # 45-2546
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
- Soul, home front perspective - Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick - About a woman's concern for her man serving in Vietnam - Top 10 hit for Aretha Franklin
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Atlantic 45-2546, 45 R.P.M., red and black label; "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach-Hal David), vocal, 2:41, published by Blue Seas-Jac, ASCAP; Aretha Franklin, "From Atlantic LP 8186". Rim text: "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y." [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 25 March 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Died 16 August 2018, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs