The Long and Winding Road

~ Recording by Aretha Franklin

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:36Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinAlbum
  • US1972-01-24
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 7213
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinAlbum
  • US1993-12-14
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)R2 71527
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)8122-71527-2
2.14The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinGreatest HitsAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
Global TelevisionRADCD110
2.12The Long and Winding Road3:36Aretha FranklinGreatest HitsAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)9548385992
2.14The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinGreatest HitsAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)74321 89668 2
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinGlass Onion: Songs of the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-02-10
Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom5050466149626
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinGlass Onion: Songs of the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-04-22
1.13Long and Winding Road3:36Aretha FranklinCome Together: A Soul/Jazz Tribute to the BeatlesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-11-22
KOCH Records (independent US label, 1999–2009/01), Rhino Special ProductsKOC-CD-9981, OPCD-7805
1.6The Long and Winding Road3:41Aretha FranklinThe Best of Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
La Repubblica
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinAlbum
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinAlbum
  • US2012-07-24
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:38Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and Black (HDTracks 24bit 192kHz)Aretha FranklinAlbum
  • US2012-07-24
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
8.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinThe Atlantic CollectionAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-11-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
11.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinThe Atlantic Albums CollectionAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2015-11-06
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)081227951993
10.10The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinThe Atlantic Albums CollectionAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
10.10The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinThe Atlantic Albums CollectionAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2015-11-06
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
10.10The Long and Winding Road3:37Aretha FranklinThe Atlantic Albums CollectionAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.12The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinMellow Gold: 70’s ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
3.10The Long and Winding Road?:??Aretha FranklinA Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974Aretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2023-12-01
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)886122
3.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinA Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974Aretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2023-12-01
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538886112
1.10The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinYoung, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinAlbum
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
(unknown)
1.18The Long and Winding Road3:39Aretha FranklinThe Queen of SoulAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

recording engineer:Gene Paul (on 1970-08-12)
producer:Tom Dowd
Arif Mardin
Jerry Wexler
bass:Chuck Rainey (American bassist) (on 1970-08-12)
drums (drum set):Ray Lucas (on 1970-08-12)
guitar:Cornell Dupree (on 1970-08-12)
organ:Billy Preston (on 1970-08-12)
piano and lead vocals:Aretha Franklin (on 1970-08-12)
background vocals:Margaret Branch (on 1970-08-12)
Carolyn Franklin (on 1970-08-12)
Erma Franklin (on 1970-08-12)
horn arranger:Arif Mardin
recorded at:Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1970-08-12)
sampled by:The Life by Styles P (aka Styles of the LOX) feat. Pharoahe Monch (American rapper)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/5375 [info]
recording of:The Long and Winding Road (on 1970-08-12: cover)

Related works

The Long and Winding Road

written in:Scotland, United Kingdom (in 1968)
writer:John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1968)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1968)
publisher:EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Northern Songs
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
referred to in medleys:The Beatles Concerto: 3rd Movement: Presto (Can’t Buy Me Love / The Long and Winding Road)
Beatle medley (order: 4)
later translated versions:Beatle medley
Ovensuu
is the basis for:Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 3 (In the Style of J. S. Bach): The Long and Winding Road - Overture