Call Me (Aretha Franklin song)

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"Call Me"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album This Girl's in Love with You
B-side "Son of a Preacher Man"
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1970 (1970-01-21)
Recorded1969; Criteria Studios (Miami)
Genre Soul
Length3:16(single version)
3:57 (album version)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Aretha Franklin
Producer(s)
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Eleanor Rigby"
(1969)
"Call Me"
(1970)
"Spirit in the Dark"
(1970)

"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.

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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." [1] 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. [2]

Chart (1970)Peak
position
Canada (RPM Top 100) [3] 11
US Billboard Hot 100 11
US Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles 1

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of This Girl's in Love with You . [4] [5]

Main performance

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

Production

Cover versions

Samples

See also

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