Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)

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"Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)"
Single by The Impressions
from the album Finally Got Myself Together
B-side "I'll Always Be Here"
Released1974
Genre Soul, funk
Length3:05
Label Curtom CR 1997
Songwriter(s) Ed Townsend
Producer(s) Ed Townsend
The Impressions singles chronology
"If It's in You to Do Wrong"
(1973)
"Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)"
(1974)
"Something's Mighty, Mighty Wrong"
(1974)

"Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" is a hit song by R&B group The Impressions, written and produced by Ed Townsend. [1] Released from the album of the same name, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in June 1974. It also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In Canada the song reached number 36. [2] This song was the group's biggest hit after the departure of lead singer Curtis Mayfield. [3]

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