Aretha Franklin - When the Battle Is Over [HD]

Aretha Franklin sings 'When the Battle is Over' from her 1970 Atlantic album 'Spirit in the Dark'. This song was written by Jessie Hill and Mac Rebennack. The lyrics are below with comments about the album and Aretha Franklin.

Note: In its new 2023 list of the 200 greatest singers Rolling Stone ranked Aretha Franklin number one.

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When the Battle is Over (Singer: Aretha Franklin)

One more time you hurt me
You thought you had your victory
One more reason for you to worry
'Cause you got the best of me

You should never count your chickens
Before you eggs get hatched
I believe it, mmmm, to my soul
You finally met your match

Tell me now
When this battle is over
Who will wear the crown?
When this battle is over
Who will wear the crown?
Who will it be? (Who will it be?)
Will it be you? (Will it be me?)
Tell me now
Who will wear the crown? Yeah, yeah

Every time I kiss you
I feel I get the upper hand
I want you to surrender
And tell me you're gonna be my man

A slip of the lip
Has been known to sink a ship
And I believe I believe I believe to my soul
I finally got a winner's slip, yeah

When this battle is over, I wonder
Who will wear the crown?
When this battle is over
Who will wear the crown?
Who will it be? (Who will it be?)
Will it be you? (Will it be me?)
Yeah, tell me now
Who will wear the crown? Yeah

(When this battle is over)
I wonder who'll be wearing the crown (when this battle is over)
When it's over, children (when this battle is over)
Yeah, when it's over now (when this battle is over)
Oh, when it's over (when this battle is over)
When it's over (when this battle is over)
When it's over (when this battle is over)

Songwriters: Jessie Hill, Mac Rebennack
[Lyrics from Musixmatch]

Personnel: Lead Vocal - Aretha Franklin, Background Vocals - Margaret Branch, Brenda Bryant, Guitar - Duane Allman, Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson, Keyboards - Barry Beckett, Drums - Roger Hawkins, Bass Guitar - David Hood.

Wikipedia states:

Spirit in the Dark is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on August 24, 1970, by Atlantic Records. It received critical acclaim, but was met with middling sales, despite having two hit singles, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", which peaked at #1 R&B, #11 on the Hot 100, and "Spirit in the Dark", peaking at #3 R&B and #23 Hot 100, in Billboard magazine. It was Aretha's first Atlantic album to fall short of Billboard's Top 20, but it is now considered to be one of Aretha's classic Atlantic LPs.

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists.

As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediately flourish, Franklin found acclaim and commercial success once she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer", propelled Franklin past her musical peers.