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  • A Change Is Gonna Come
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  • Gramophone record
has language
  • eng
Subject
  • 1964 singles
  • 1960s ballads
  • 1963 songs
  • 1970 singles
  • Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
  • James Taylor songs
  • Otis Redding songs
  • RCA Victor singles
  • Sam Cooke songs
  • Song recordings produced by Hugo & Luigi
  • Songs against racism and xenophobia
  • Songs released posthumously
  • Songs written by Sam Cooke
  • Soul ballads
  • The 5th Dimension songs
  • Three Dog Night songs
  • United States National Recording Registry recordings
abstract
  • %22A Change Is Gonna Come%22 is a song by American recording artist Sam Cooke, released on December 22, 1964 by RCA Victor. Produced by Hugo & Luigi and arranged and conducted by RenĂ© Hall, the song was the B-side to %22Shake%22. The song concerns African-Americans and contains the refrain, %22It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come.%22 The song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke's life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites only motel in Louisiana. Cooke felt compelled to write a song that spoke to his the struggle and of those around him, and he recorded the song for its first release on his final album, Ain't That Good News. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, %22A Change Is Gonna Come%22 became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement. The song is widely considered Cooke's best composition and has been voted among the best songs ever released by various publications. In 2007, the song was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress, with the National Recording Registry deeming the song %22culturally, historically, or aesthetically important.%22
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  • Sam Cooke
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