In the song "Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin what color was the cadillac?
"Freeway of Love" is a song by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was written by Jeffrey Cohen and Narada Michael Walden and produced by the latter for her thirtieth studio album "Who's Zoomin' Who?" (1985). The song features a notable contribution from Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist from Bruce Springsteen’'s E Street Band. Sylvester and Jeanie Tracy provided backup vocals on "Freeway of Love".
This joyful tune is about a joyride in a pink Cadillac convertible - one of those trips on a beautiful day when you have nowhere to be and all the time you need to get there. Walden had the "Pink Cadillac" line, but it was fellow songwriter Jeffrey Cohen who added "Wind's against my back" to round out the lyric. Cohen then wrote the verse, and Walden recorded it with a Motown vibe, which translated to Franklin's version. "It came out at the right time, which was Summertime," said Walden. "All the tops down on the cars, girls in bikinis; it's was on; it was everywhere".
Aretha Franklin had an astonishing 20 #1 R&B hits - more than any other artist - and this song was the last of them. It was also a huge pop hit and revitalized her career. Franklin took a lot of time off in the early '80s as her father was in a coma from 1979 until his death in 1984. When she recorded her "Who's Zoomin' Who?" album, she hadn't been in a studio in two years, and hadn't had a Top 10 on the Hot 100 since "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" in 1973.
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