"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" | ||||
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Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
from the album Lady Soul | ||||
B-side | "Ain't No Way" | |||
Released | March 1968 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 2:25 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Aretha Franklin, Teddy White | |||
Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler | |||
Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" is a song by singer Aretha Franklin. Released as a single from her Lady Soul album in 1968, the song was successful, debuting at number 31 and peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, and spending three weeks at number 1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. The B-side, "Ain't No Way", was also a hit, peaking at number 16 on the Hot 100 and number 9 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. [1]
Cash Box called the song a "powerhouse of vocal energy and tingling ork backup to build another emotional blockbuster." [2]
A live recording was featured on the 1968 album Aretha in Paris .
The song was co-written by Franklin and her then husband Ted White.
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Young Girl .
Ramsey Lewis recorded an instrumental version on his 1968 album, Maiden Voyage . His version did see #100 in Canada. [3]
Kate Ceberano released a version of the song on her 1989 album, Brave .
Booker T. & the M.G.'s released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Soul Limbo .
Whitney Houston performed the song in a tribute to Franklin on her 1997 HBO special, Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C. . The song was included in a medley with Franklin's "Baby I Love You" and "Ain't No Way".
In 2012, Christine Anu covered the song on her album Rewind: The Aretha Franklin Songbook .
Charts | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues | 1 |
CAN RPM Top 100 [4] | 6 |