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Call Me (Aretha Franklin song)

"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." 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.

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

Production

  • Ron Albert – engineer
  • Tom Dowd – producer
  • Chuck Kirkpatrick – engineer
  • Arif Mardin – producer, arranger
  • Jerry Wexler – producer

Cover versions

Sampling

Hip Hop duo Slum Village uses a sample of the song on their 2004 song, "Selfish” featuring rapper Kanye West (who also produced the song) and singer John Legend from their fourth Album “Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)”

See also

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