"280000.0"^^ . . "Three Dog Night songs" . "Songs released posthumously" . . . "Sam Cooke" . "0"^^ . "282492"^^ . . "-0.374727"^^ . . "7445" . . "Sam Cooke songs" . "Otis Redding songs" . "RCA Victor singles" . "Hugo & Luigi" . "1964-12-22"^^ . "139.0"^^ . "5714dec325ac0d8aee38219c" . "Gramophone record" . "RCA Records" . <-eg2R70Hw20> . "-10.6"^^ . "A Change Is Gonna Come" . . "2009-07-28"^^ . . . "3853534" . "RCA Studios" . "8a89027e-7297-4f1d-b961-06be2b816dc1" . "1964 singles" . "9"^^ . "english" . "TRIOVGL128F42B2ECF" . "-0.535876"^^ . "Songs written by Sam Cooke" . "Songs against racism and xenophobia" . "1960s ballads" . . "The 5th Dimension songs" . "false"^^ . "1963 songs" . "true"^^ . "USEG30800113" . . "James Taylor songs" . "%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 Ren\u00E9 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" . "false"^^ . "United States National Recording Registry recordings" . "Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients" . "1964-11-16" . . "1970 singles" . "Soul ballads" . "Song recordings produced by Hugo & Luigi" . "A Change Is Gonna Come" . "eng" .