Artist
The Impressions
RS500_rank
327
Length
2:46
BPM
108.1
Released Year
2001
Genre Era
Genre
Key
C#m
Produced By
Calvin Carter
Released Info
June '58 on Falcon
Chart Weeks
12 weeks
Chart Top
No. 11
Musicbrainz ID
0a085c0e-6bb5-77b9-2168-80e53dfb1da4
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Arthur Brooks, Jerry Butler
Album
Greatest Hits (Curb)
Song Status
The lyrics were drawn verbatim from a poem Butler had written in high school. The spiritual tenor of the vocals came from the Impressions' church roots -- Butler and Curtis Mayfield had sung together in the Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers.