"Soul Singing" is a song by the

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band

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, released on July 23, 2001, as the second single from the group's sixth studio album ''Lions''.

Writing and production

"Soul Singing" was co-written, like all original Black Crowes songs, by

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. The song began with a riff that Rich had written a "long time" before the recording of ''Lions''. Chris then added the vocal melodies and corresponding lyrics, which pertained to his then-wife,

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. 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. Rich recorded his guitar part with a James Trussart metal-bodied electric, which offered a

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-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.

Track listing

All songs written by

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& Chris Robinson. ;UK CD1 # "Soul Singing" – 3:54 # "Love Is Now" – 4:23 # "Last Time Again" – 5:30 ;UK CD2 # "Soul Singing" – 3:54 # "Sleepyheads" – 4:15 # "Soul Singing" (Live) – 4:05

Charts

References

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