"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.
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| Single by The Black Crowes | ||||
| from the album Lions | ||||
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| Released | July 23, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 2001 at Montana Rehearsal Studios, New York City and Theater 99 Recording, New York City | |||
| Genre | Blues rock, folk rock, alternative rock, soul | |||
| Length | 3:54 | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rich & Chris Robinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Don Was | |||
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![The Soul Singing music video, directed by Liz Friedlander,[1] features highly saturated shots of the band performing in a vast, grassy field with widely scattered extras. Audley Freed and Andy Hess appear despite not playing on the track.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/The_Black_Crowes_-_Soul_Singing_-_Promotional_Video.jpg/200px-The_Black_Crowes_-_Soul_Singing_-_Promotional_Video.jpg)
"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.[2] Chris then added the vocal melodies and corresponding lyrics, which pertained to his then-wife, Kate Hudson.[3] 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.[4]
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.[4]
All songs written by Rich & Chris Robinson.
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] | 12 |
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