A Change Is Gonna Come

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single song

"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a landmark 1964 soul song by Sam Cooke that became an enduring anthem of the American civil rights movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Ain't That Good News NERFINISHED ⓘ
arrangementFeatures orchestral arrangement ⓘ
artist Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance symbol of the struggle for African American civil rights ⓘ
describedAs anthem of the American civil rights movement ⓘ
landmark soul recording ⓘ
firstLivePerformanceDate 1964-02-07 ⓘ
firstLivePerformancePlace The Copacabana, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasTheme civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
hope ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
social change ⓘ
inspiredBy Bob Dylan's song Blowin' in the Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sam Cooke's experiences with racism ⓘ
isBsideOf Shake NERFINISHED ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:14 ⓘ
lyricOpeningLine I was born by the river in a little tent ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Al Green NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lauryn Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otis Redding NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ain't That Good News NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ
posthumousSingle true ⓘ
producer Al Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hugo Peretti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luigi Creatore NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedAt RCA Studios, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingDate 1964-01-30 ⓘ
recordLabel RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-12-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
side B-side ⓘ
tempo slow ballad ⓘ
usedIn civil rights documentaries ⓘ
films about the civil rights era ⓘ
vocalStyle gospel-influenced ⓘ
writer Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ

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From the Fires (2017) → hasTrack → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ
subject surface form: From the Fires
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You → hasTrack → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ
album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul → hasTrack → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ
subject surface form: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul → includesCoverOf → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ
subject surface form: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
From the Fires → includesTrack → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ
album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul → notableSong → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ
subject surface form: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Sam Cooke → notableWork → A Change Is Gonna Come ⓘ