966 – Aretha Franklin – I never loved a man (The way I love you) (1967)

Escrita por Ronnie Shannon, foi gravada por Aretha Franklin em 24 de janeiro de 1967 e lançada em 10 de fevereiro de 1967 no compacto que tinha Do right woman, do right man como Lado B. Chegou ao número 1 dos charts de R&B e número 9 dos charts pop americanos. É o número 189 da lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.

Foi regravada pela banda sueca Roxette em 1993 e pelo Aerosmith em 2004, também foi regravada por Alice Keys, Garth Brooks e Kelly Clarkson, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

You're a no good heart breaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
And I don't know why
I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me
That you ain't no good
But oh, they don't know
That I'd leave you if I could

I guess I'm uptight
And I'm stuck like glue
Cause I ain't never
I ain't never, I ain't never, no, no (loved a man)
(The way that I, I love you)

Some time ago I thought
You had run out of fools
But I was so wrong
You got one that you'll never lose
The way you treat me is a shame
How could ya hurt me so bad
Baby, you know that I'm the best thing
That you ever had
Kiss me once again

Don't ya never, never say that we we're through
Cause I ain't never
Never, Never, no, no (loved a man)
(The way that I, I love you)

I can't sleep at night
And I can't even fight
I guess I'll never be free
Since you got, your hooks, in me

Whoa, oh, oh
Yeah! Yeah!
I ain't never loved a man
I ain't never loved a man, baby
Ain't never had a man hurt me so bad

No
Well this is what I'm gonna do about it

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