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"I'd Rather Go Blind" is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan [2] with co-writing credits to Billy Foster and Etta James. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released the same year, [ 3 ] and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic.
The song was released as the album's third and final single. "I'd Rather" became a top twenty hit on Billboard ' s Adult Contemporary chart and reached the top forty on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. [1] It also topped the US Adult R&B Songs chart, the second single from Luther Vandross to do so. [2]
"I'd Rather Jack" reached the top ten in all the European countries it was released. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1989 where it remained for 12 weeks, [4] [5] number 6 in Ireland, [6] number 6 in Finland, [7] number 8 in the Netherlands, [8] number 7 in the Flanders region of Belgium, [9] and number 43 in Australia. [10]
The song's lyrics establish a threatening tone towards the singer's unnamed girlfriend (referred to throughout the song as "little girl"), claiming "I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man." The line was taken from an early Elvis Presley song, "Baby Let's Play House" (written by Arthur Gunter). [2] [3]
Born in Queens, New York City, [9] he would later move to Houston, Texas. [10] [2] Until the age of 13, Burke strictly listened to gospel music.After hearing the song "Gucci Gang" by Lil Pump, he began to listen to more music on his school laptop, discovering XXXTentacion and Members Only.
Of her four previous singles between 1978 and 1979, two had not charted, while two had been in the top 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts, though not in the top 10. In contrast, the Coolidge version of the "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" reached number 3 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, as well
O'Connor asked Reed and Barry Mason write a song for him, which the duo complied and wrote "I Pretend" in an hour. They gave the song to O'Connor, who then asked Geoff Love to arrange the song so he could record it in two days' time. [6] The song was released and it reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1968. [7]
I'd Rather Be Right is a 1937 musical with a book by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and music by Richard Rodgers. The story is a Depression -era political satire set in New York City about Washington politics and political figures such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt .