So Damn Happy (Aretha Franklin album)
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Studio album by Aretha Franklin | ||||
Released | September, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2002-03 | |||
Genre | R&B, Soul, hip hop | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Antonio "LA" Reid | |||
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So Damn Happy is a 2003 studio album by Aretha Franklin for Arista Records. Her first studio album since her Gold-certified A Rose Is Still a Rose in 1998, it included the Grammy-winning track, "Wonderful".
The album peaked at #33 on Billboard's album chart and #11 on the R&B Albums chart. As of 2012, the album had sold 304,000 copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[1]
Shortly after its release, Franklin left Arista after a stay of 23 years. She later announced plans to start her own Detroit-based record label, Aretha Records.
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Track listing
- "The Only Thing Missin'" (Gordon Chambers, Troy Taylor, Rick Williams, Mylia "Sunny" Davis) - 3:07
- "Wonderful" (Aleese Simmons, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence) - 4:04
- "Holdin' On" (ft. Mary J. Blige) (Earl Klugh, Mary J. Blige, Bruce Miller, Taylor) - 4:37
- "No Matter What" (ft. Mary J. Blige) (Blige, Miller, Taylor) - 4:33
- "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (James "Big Jim" Wright, Terry Lewis, James Harris) - 4:35
- "So Damn Happy" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:29
- "You Are My Joy" (Franklin) - 2:34
- "Falling Out of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Jerry Leiber, Jed Leiber) - 4:31
- "Ain't No Way" (Chambers, Barry J. Eastmond) - 4:37
- "Good News" (Norman West) - 4:55
- "You Are My Joy (Reprise)" (Franklin) - 2:33
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References
- ↑ "Ask Billboard: She Loves Me! She Really Loves Me!". Billboard. 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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