Ain't No Way

"Ain't no Way"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album Lady Soul
A-side "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
Released March 1968
Format 7" single
Genre Soul
Length 4:12
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Carolyn Franklin
Producer(s) Jerry Wexler
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1968)
"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
(1968)
"Think"
(1968)

"Ain't No Way" is a song written by singer-songwriter Carolyn Franklin and sung by her elder sister Aretha Franklin as the b-side to her 1968 hit, "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone."

History

Written by Carolyn Franklin, her sister Aretha recorded the song and released it on her acclaimed Lady Soul album. Released as the b-side of her top five hit single, "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone", the song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Hot R&B Singles Chart in 1968. Carolyn and members of The Sweet Inspirations performed backing vocals on the track. The Sweet Inspirations' founder Cissy Houston showcased her operatic like upper range during Franklin's bridges and the ending of the track.

Covers

In 1983, Whitney Houston made her world debut on Merv Griffin Show singing the tune with mother Cissy Houston.[1] Whitney performed the track several times during her 1994 U.S. Bodyguard World Tour. In 1997, she performed it live on her 1997 HBO special, Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C., and the 1999 VH-1 Divas Live special as a duet with Mary J. Blige.

In 2005, Blige covered the track as a duet with Patti LaBelle off LaBelle's Classic Moments album, with their version peaking at number 18 on the R&B charts. LaBelle had performed the song as a tribute to Franklin at the Essence Awards in 1994.

Christina Aguilera performed the song to great acclaim in a tribute to Aretha during the 53rd Grammy Awards. Also, Amber Riley, who portrays Mercedes Jones in Glee, covered the song for the show. In 2011, Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart covered the song in their collaborative album, Don't Explain . In 2013, singer Sasha Allen performed the song in The Voice.

Charts

Charts (1968) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 16
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues 9

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