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Call Me (Aretha Franklin song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Call Me'" is a song written and recorded by American singer Aretha Franklin. The song was co-produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin.

Background



Franklin came up with the idea for the song after she saw a young couple engaged in deep conversation on New York's Park Avenue. Before they parted, Franklin heard them say to each other: "I love you... call me."Ed Hogan, [ "Song Review"] on Allmusic With the exception of Franklin on piano, musical backing for "Call Me" was handled by members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

Chart performance



"Call Me" was released as a single in January 1970 from Aretha's 'This Girl's in Love with You' album and became another hit for her, spending two weeks at number one on the US R&B Singles chart, while reaching number 13 on the Pop chart.

Personnel



Credits are adapted from the liner notes of 'This Girl's in Love with You'.Franklin, Aretha. "This Girl's In Love with You" (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1970.Franklin, Aretha. "This Girl's in Love with You" (CD Re-issue Liner Notes). Rhino. 1993.

'Main performance'

*Aretha Franklin vocals, acoustic piano, additional keyboards

*Brenda Bryant background vocals

*Cissy Houston background vocals

*Pat Lewis background vocals

'Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section'

*Barry Beckett electric piano, Hammond organ

*Roger Hawkins drums

*Eddie Hinton guitar

*David Hood bass

*Jimmy Johnson guitar

'Production'

*Ron Albert engineer

*Tom Dowd producer

*Chuck Kirkpatrick engineer

*Arif Mardin producer, arranger

*Jerry Wexler producer

Cover versions



*Diana Ross's rendition of the song for her 1971 album 'Everything Is Everything' was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Female R&B Vocal Category.

*In 1991, R&B singer Phil Perry recorded a version of this song for his album, 'The Heart of the Man', which reached number one on the Hot R&B Singles Chart.

Samples



*Danny! sampled it in 2004 for his song "When You Get There"

*Later in 2004, Kanye West also sampled it for Slum Village's hit "Selfish".

See also



*R&B number-one hits of 1970 (USA)

*R&B number-one hits of 1991 (USA)

References



Category:1970 songs

Category:Aretha Franklin songs

Category:Songs written by Aretha Franklin

Category:Song recordings produced by Arif Mardin

Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Wexler

Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Dowd

Category:1970s ballads

Category:Soul ballads

Category:1970 singles

Category:1991 singles

Category:Atlantic Records singles

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