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"I Got a Woman" (originally titled "I've Got a Woman")[1][2] is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B/soul musician Ray Charles and released as a single in December 1954 on the Atlantic label as Atlantic 45-1050 b/w "Come Back Baby." Both sides later appeared on his 1957 album Ray Charles (subsequently reissued as Hallelujah I Love Her So).
Origin [edit]
The song builds on "It Must Be Jesus" by the Southern Tones, which Ray Charles was listening to on the radio while on the road with his band in the summer of 1954. He and a member of his band, trumpeter Renald Richard, penned a song that was built along a gospel-frenetic pace with secular lyrics and a jazz-inspired rhythm and blues (R&B) background. The song would be one of the prototypes for what later became termed as "soul music" after Charles released "What'd I Say" nearly five years later.
Recording [edit]
The song was recorded late 1954 in the Atlanta studios of Georgia Tech radio station WGST. It was a hit—Charles' first—climbing quickly to #1 R&B in January 1955.[3] Charles told the Pop Chronicles that he performed this song for about a year before he recorded in on November 18, 1954.[4] The song would lead to more hits for Charles during this period when he was on Atlantic. It was later ranked No. 235 on Rolling Stone′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of Charles' five songs on the list. A re-recorded version by Ray Charles, entitled "I Gotta Woman" (ABC-Paramount 10649) reached No. 79 on the Billboard pop chart in 1965.[5]
Cover versions [edit]
Other versions that have made the pop or R&B charts in the US are those by Jimmy McGriff (#20 pop, #5 R&B, 1962), Freddie Scott (#48 pop, 1963), and Ricky Nelson (#49 pop, 1963).[5]
The song has also been covered by many other artists, including:
The band Dire Straits mentions the song in their song "Walk of Life", from their 1985 album Brothers in Arms in 2:44.
Kanye West's song "Gold Digger" contains samples (as well as an interpolation during the introduction) of the song.
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TechHive
Fri, 17 May 2013 03:34:02 -0700
But you'd never know that from the album because all you see are track names. Another oddity: In a list of top songs for Ray Charles, Kanye West's “Gold Digger” shows up. Yes, I know it's built around Charles' “I Got a Woman” but it doesn't belong on ...
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Oxford Student
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:42:29 -0700
However, my night lacked a swoosh of skirt whose novelty wouldn't have worn off no matter how many times I was awkwardly spun round (Ray Charles' I Got A Woman appears to turn everyone into an expert dancer). Most importantly, though, just because it's ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
Fri, 10 May 2013 06:02:43 -0700
Other times they went a little further afield, covering pop star Ann-Margret (“I Just Don't Understand”) or Ray Charles (they played “I Got a Woman,” a song also covered by Elvis and later transformed into “Gold Digger,” by Kanye West). For their first ...
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MTV Hive
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:27:33 -0700
Diplo continued to toss off nifty remixes and re-edits over the next couple of years. After Kanye West had a hit with “Gold Digger,” built around a bit of Ray Charles' “I Got a Woman,” Diplo chopped up “I Got a Woman” into a new mix of his own.
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The Corner News (blog)
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:49:48 -0700
Most music fans are aware that “Gold Digger” steals/borrows/samples prominently from Ray Charles' “I Got a Woman,” but it would take a huge music hipster to know that Kanye West also threw in a little “Bumpin' Bus Stop” for some extra flavor. That's ...
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Side2
Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:33 -0700
Sammen med årets vinner Siri Vølstad Jensen fremførte Kurt en fin versjon av låten «I won't back down», før Idol-programleder Stian Blipp beatboxet i gang den mer soulinspirerte låten «I got a woman» sammen med Alejandro Fuentes. Her fikk Kurt bryne ...
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Östgöta Correspondenten
Tue, 07 May 2013 00:06:22 -0700
Här fanns alla de stora hitsen: ”Let the good times roll”, ”I got a woman”, ”What'd I say”, ”Hallelujah I just love her so”, ”Hit the road Jack” och så vidare. Mimmi Hammar anslöt i ”I can't stop loving you”, men hennes röst fungerade inte ihop med ...
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Algérie presse service
Sat, 04 May 2013 03:13:50 -0700
Sa "moitié" Tamara Peterson fait, par la suite son entrée sur scène, et le couple offre une "scène de ménage" des plus captivante, dégageant une alchimie artistique magique avec " I wish I knew how it would feel to be free" de Nina Simone, "I Got a ...
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