Soul Singing

Infobox Single
Name = Soul Singing


Border = yes
Caption = UK CD1 cover
Artist = The Black Crowes
from Album = Lions
B-side = "Love Is Now"
"Last Time Again"
"Sleepyheads"
"Soul Singing" (Live)
Released = July 23, 2001
Format = CD
Recorded = January–February 2001 at Montana Rehearsal Studios, New York City and Theater 99 Recording, New York City
Genre = Blues-rock, hard rock
Length = 3:54
Label = V2
Writer = Rich & Chris Robinson
Producer = Don Was
Certification =
Last single = "Lickin'"
(2001)
This single = "Soul Singing"
(2001)
Next single = "P.25 London"
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Type = single
Upper caption = Alternate cover


Lower caption = UK CD2 cover "Soul Singing" is a song by the American rock band The Black Crowes, released on July 23, 2001 as the second single from the group's sixth studio album "Lions".

Writing and production

"Soul Singing" was co-written, like all original Black Crowes songs, by Chris and Rich Robinson. The song began with a riff that Rich had written a "long time" before the recording of "Lions".Cite web |url=http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/35 |title=Roaring Like Lions: Rich |author=Cohen, Jonathan |publisher=Nude as the News |date=May 16, 2001 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030120100155/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/35 |archivedate=2003-01-20 |accessdate=2008-06-02] Chris then added the vocal melodies and corresponding lyrics, which pertained to his then-wife, Kate Hudson.Cite news |last = Goodman |first = Dean |title = Black Crowes Singer in a Whole Lotta Love |publisher = Reuters |year = 2001 |date = May 24, 2001] While Chris believed this early form of "Soul Singing", with one instrumental section throughout, sufficed, Rich argued a second section was needed. "So we talked about that one for a while", recalled Rich, who ultimately won the argument.cite journal |last = Callaghan |first = John |title = The Lion, The Spliff & The Wardrobe |journal = Guitar |volume = 11 |issue = 12 |pages = 38–44 |date = June 2001 |issn = 1525-5549 |oclc = 41594333]

Rich recorded his guitar part with a James Trussart metal-bodied electric, which offered a resonator-like tone. "I knew that guitar was the only one that could go from sounding acoustic in the verses to electric in the chorus in the way that I wanted", said Rich.

Track listing

All songs written by Rich & Chris Robinson.

UK CD1

# "Soul Singing" – 3:54
# "Love Is Now" – 4:23
# "Last Time Again" – 5:30

UK CD2

# "Soul Singing" – 3:54
# "Sleepyheads" – 4:15
# "Soul Singing" (Live) – 4:05

Charts

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