Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (Official Audio)

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Watch the official audio of "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin from the album 'I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You' (1967)

Performers:

Lead Vocals & Acoustic Piano: Aretha Franklin

Electric Piano: Spooner Oldham

Lead Guitar: Chips Moman

Rhythm Guitar: Jimmy Johnson

Bass Guitar: Tommy Cogbill

Drums: Roger Hawkins

Trumpet: Kenny Laxton

Trombone: David Hood

Tenor Saxophone: Charles Chalmers and Joe Arnold

Baritone Saxophone: Willie Bridges

Horn Arrangement: Charles Chalmers

Backing Vocals: Aretha Franklin, Erma Franklin, and Carolyn Franklin

Written By Ronnie Shannon

Produced by Jerry Wexler

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Lyrics:

You're a no good heartbreaker

You're a liar and you're a cheat

And I don't know why

I let you do these things to me

My friends keep telling me

That you ain't no good

But oh, but they don't know

That I'd leave you if I could

I guess I'm uptight

And I'm stuck like glue

'Cause I ain't never

I ain't never, I ain't never, no, no

Loved a man, the way that I, I love you

Some time ago I thought

You had run out of fools

But I was so wrong

You got one that you'll never lose

The way you treat me is a shame

How could you hurt me so bad?

Baby, you know that I'm the best thing

That you ever had

Kiss me once again

Don't you never, never say that we're through

'Cause I ain't never

Never, Never, no, no

Loved a man, the way that I, I love you

I can't sleep at night

And I can't eat a bite

I guess I'll never be free

Since you got, your hooks, in me

Oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah

I ain't never loved a man

I ain't never loved a man, baby

Ain't never had a man hurt me so bad, no

Well, this is what I'm going to do about it

I tell you, I'm gonna hold on to him, tell you, I’m gonna hold on to him…

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An icon of 20th and 21st century music, the voice of the civil rights movement, and the undisputed Queen of Soul—there is only one Aretha Franklin. In her incredible six-decade career, Aretha evolved from teenage gospel star to reigning pop and R&B diva, recording classics like “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Chain Of Fools”, “Think” (lyrics by Aretha Franklin), definitive versions of the songs “Respect” and “I Say a Little Prayer”, and global hits like “Freeway Of Love,” “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”, and “A Rose Is Still A Rose.”

Altogether, 112 of her singles reached the charts, with 20 No. 1 R&B singles, the most ever by a female artist. She won 18 Grammy Awards (including the first eight trophies for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance) and, out of recognition for her for indelible contribution to American music and culture, received both the Presidential Medal Of Freedom and a Pulitzer Prize.