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For the 1940 Billy Strayhorn song, see Day Dream.
"Day Dreaming"
Song
B-side"I've Been Loving You Too Long"

"Day Dreaming" is a soul single by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released from her album, Young, Gifted and Black, it spent two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart in April 1972 and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. [1].Donny Hathaway plays electric piano on the single. It has been rumoured that the song is about Temptation's singer Dennis Edwards. It would be her twelfth number one soul single while at Atlantic Records and sold over one million copies.

Cover version

The song has been covered by Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole, Will Downing, Penny Ford, Michel'le, Corinne Bailey Rae and Tamia.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 215.
Preceded by Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles number one single
April 22 - April 29, 1972
Succeeded by