(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
| "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" | ||||
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| Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
| from the album Lady Soul | ||||
| B-side | "Ain't No Way" | |||
| Released | March 1968 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aretha Franklin, Teddy White | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler | |||
| Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" is a song by singer Aretha Franklin. Released as a single from her Lady Soul album in 1968, the song was successful, debuting at number 31 and peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, and spending three weeks at number 1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. The B-side, "Ain't No Way", was also a hit, peaking at number 16 on the Hot 100 and number 9 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.
Cash Box called the song a "powerhouse of vocal energy and tingling ork backup to build another emotional blockbuster."
A live recording was featured on the 1968 album Aretha in Paris.
The song was co-written by Franklin and her then husband Ted White.