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List of professional sports leagues by revenue
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The following is a list of sports competitions by revenue.
In this table, the "Season" column refers to the league season for which financial data is available and referenced, which is usually not the most recently completed season of competition. Revenues are listed in millions of euros.
League
Sport
Country
Season
Teams
Revenue
(€ mil)
Rev. / team
(€ mil)
Ref.
National Football League American football United States 2016 32 7004130000000000000♠13,000 7002406300000000000♠406.3 [1][2]
Major League Baseball Baseball United States
Canada 2017 30 7004100000000000000♠10,000 7002316700000000000♠316.7 [1]
National Basketball Association Basketball United States
Canada 2016–17 30 7003850000000000000♠8,500 7002196000000000000♠196 [3]
Premier League Association football England
Wales 2015–16 20 7003488800000000000♠4,888 7002244400000000000♠244.4 [4][5]
National Hockey League Ice hockey United States
Canada 2016-17 31 7003370000000000000♠3,700 7002119400000000000♠119.4 [1]
Bundesliga Association football Germany 2015–16 18 7003269300000000000♠2,693 7002149600000000000♠149.6 [4]
La Liga Association football Spain 2015-16 20 7003252600000000000♠2,526 7002126300000000000♠126.3 [4]
Serie A Association football Italy 2015–16 20 7003200400000000000♠2,004 7002100200000000000♠100.2 [4]
Formula One Auto Racing World 2017 11 7003183000000000000♠1,830 7002166400000000000♠166.4 [6]
Ligue 1 Association football France
Monaco 2015–16 20 7003148500000000000♠1,485 7001742000000000000♠74.2 [4][5]
Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Japan 2012 12 7003125300000000000♠1,253 7002104000000000000♠104 [7]
Campeonato Brasileiro Association football Brazil 2015 20 7002958000000000000♠958 7001480000000000000♠48 [8]
Australian Football League Australian rules football Australia 2016 18 7002780000000000000♠780 7001430000000000000♠43 [9]
Major League Soccer Association football United States
Canada 2016 22 7002761000000000000♠761 7001346000000000000♠34.6 [10]
Süper Lig Association football Turkey 2015–16 18 7002734000000000000♠734 7001408009999900000♠40.8 [4]
EFL Championship Association football England
Wales 2015–16 24 7002723000000000000♠723[a] 7001301000000000000♠30.1 [5]
Russian Premier League Association football Russia 2015–16 16 7002701000000000000♠701 7001438000000000000♠43.8 [4]
Korea Professional Baseball Baseball South Korea 2014 10 7002563000000000000♠563 7001560000000000000♠56 [11]
J1 League Association football Japan 2015 18 7002532000000000000♠532 7001300000000000000♠30 [12]
K-League Association football South Korea 2014 12 7002509000000000000♠509 7001260000000000000♠26 [13]
Liga MX Association football Mexico – 18 7002509000000000000♠509 7001280000000000000♠28 [14]
2. Bundesliga Association football Germany 2014–15 18 7002505000000000000♠505 7001280000000000000♠28 [15]
Eredivisie Association football Netherlands 2015–16 18 7002481000000000000♠481 7001267000000000000♠26.7 [4][5]
Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket India 2016 8 7002378000000000000♠378 7001250000000000000♠25 [16]
Belgian Pro League[b] Association football Belgium 2015–16 16 7002359000000000000♠359 7001224000000000000♠22.4 [4]
Primera División Argentina Association football Argentina – 20 7002338000000000000♠338 7001170000000000000♠17 [14]
Chinese Super League Association football China 2015 16 7002336000000000000♠336 7001210000000000000♠21 [17]
Top 14 Rugby union France 2015–16 14 7002303000000000000♠303 7001216000000000000♠21.6 [18]
Primeira Liga Association football Portugal 2015–16 18 7002366000000000000♠366 7001203000000000000♠20.3 [4]
Serie B Association football Italy 2011–12 22 7002276000000000000♠276 7001125000000000000♠12.5 [19]
J2 League Association football Japan 2015 22 7002262000000000000♠262 7001119000000000000♠11.9 [12]
English Premiership Rugby union England 2015–16 12 7002244720000000000♠244.72 [c] 7001203900000000000♠20.39 [20]
National Rugby League Rugby league Australia
New Zealand 2015 16 7002241000000000000♠241 7001140000000000000♠14.0 [21]
Swiss Super League Association football Switzerland
Liechtenstein 2015–16 10 7002227000000000000♠227 7001227000000000000♠22.7 [4]
Ligue 2 Association football France 2011–12 20 7002214000000000000♠214 7001107009999900000♠10.7 [19]
Danish Superliga Association football Denmark 2015–16 12[d] 7002203000000000000♠203 7001169009999900000♠16.9 [4][5]
Canadian Football League Canadian football Canada 2015 9 7002200000000000000♠200 7001220000000000000♠22 [22]
Segunda División Association football Spain 2014–15 22 7002198000000000000♠198 7000900000000000000♠9 [23]
EFL League One Association football England 2015–16 24 7002177000000000000♠177[e] 7000740000000000000♠7.4 [5]
Categoria Primera A Association football Colombia – 18 7002176000000000000♠176 7001100000000000000♠10 [14]
Austrian Football Bundesliga Association football Austria 2015–16 10 7002163000000000000♠163 7001163000000000000♠16.3 [4][5]
Allsvenskan Association football Sweden 2016 16 7002150000000000000♠150 7000940000000000000♠9.4 [4]
Scottish Premiership Association football Scotland 2015–16 12 7002148000000000000♠148 7001123000000000000♠12.3 [4][5]
Tippeligaen Association football Norway 2015 16 7002146000000000000♠146 7000910000000000000♠9.1 [4][24]
3. Liga Association football Germany 2014–15 20 7002142900000000000♠142.9 7000840000000000000♠8.4 [25]
Superleague Greece Association football Greece 2015–16 16 7002142000000000000♠142 7000890000000000000♠8.9 [4]
Kazakhstan Premier League Association football Kazakhstan 2015 12 7002105000000000000♠105 7000870000000099999♠8.7 [4]
Ekstraklasa Association football Poland 2015–16 16 7002125000000000000♠125 7000780000000000000♠7.8 [4]
Chilean Primera Division Association football Chile – 18 7002113000000000000♠113 7000630000000000000♠6.3 [14]
EFL League Two Association football England
Wales 2015–16 24 7002112000000000000♠112[f] 7000470000000000000♠4.7 [5]
Rugby Pro D2 Rugby union France 2015–16 16 7002111000000000000♠111 7000690000000000000♠6.9 [26]
South African Premier Division Association football South Africa – 16 7002111000000000000♠111 7000690000000000000♠6.9 [27]
Deutsche Eishockey Liga Ice hockey Germany 2014-15 14 7002107000000000000♠107 7000760000000000000♠7.6 [25]
Basketball Bundesliga Basketball Germany 2014-15 18 7001980000000000000♠98 7000500000000000000♠5.0 [25]
Handball-Bundesliga Handball Germany 2014-15 18 7001960000000000000♠96 7000490000000000000♠4.9 [25]
Egyptian Premier League Association football Egypt – 20 7001950000000000000♠95 7000470000000000000♠4.7 [28]
Ukrainian Premier League Association football Ukraine 2015–16 14 7001940000000000000♠94 7000670000000000000♠6.7 [4]
Israeli Premier League Association football Israel 2015–16 14 7001910000000000000♠91 7000650000000000000♠6.5 [4]
Mexican Pacific League Baseball Mexico 2012–13 8 7001720000000000000♠72 7000900000000000000♠9 [29]
Czech First League Association football Czech Republic 2015–16 16 7001710000000000000♠71 7000440000000000000♠4.4 [4]
A-League Association football Australia
New Zealand 2012–13 10 7001630000000000000♠63 7000630000000000000♠6.3 [30]
Indian Super League Association football India 2017 10 7001620000000000000♠62 7000620000000000000♠6.2 [31]
Minor League Baseball Baseball United States
Canada 2015 160 7001620000000000000♠62 6999380000000000000♠0.38 [32]
Hungary First League Association football Hungary 2015–16 12 7001600000000000000♠60 7000500000000000000♠5 [4]
Super League Rugby league England 2015 12 7001600000000000000♠60 7000500000000000000♠5.0 [33]
Liga I Association football Romania 2015–16 14 7001580000000000000♠58 7000410009999999999♠4.1 [4]
Eerste Divisie Association football Netherlands 2011–12 18 7001580000000000000♠58 7000320000000000000♠3.2 [34]
Chinese Basketball Association Basketball China 2012–13 17 7001530000000000000♠53 7000310000000000000♠3.1 [35]
J3 League Association football Japan 2015 12 7001350000000000000♠35 7000290000000000000♠2.9 [36]
Liga ACB Basketball Spain[g] 2016–17 18 7001300000000000000♠30 7000590000000000000♠5.9 [37]
Mexican League Baseball Mexico 2016 16 7001230000000000000♠23 7000150000000000000♠1.5 [38]
Pro Kabaddi League Kabaddi India 2017 12 7001189009999900000♠18.9 7000158000000000000♠1.58 [39]
Notes
Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £556 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.3 per £1 for 2015–16 season used here.
Jump up ^ Renamed as Belgian First Division A effective with the 2016–17 season.
Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £187.9 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.3 per £1 for 2015–16 season used here.
Jump up ^ The Danish Superliga expanded to 14 teams starting with the 2016–17 season.
Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £136 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.3 per £1 for 2015–16 season used here.
Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £86 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.3 per £1 for 2015–16 season used here.
Jump up ^ The ACB has included a team from Andorra since the 2014–15 season.
See also[edit]
List of sports attendance figures
List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
Deloitte Football Money League
Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs
Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes
Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams
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"Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar"
Single by Duane Eddy
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Released
February 21, 1975
Genre
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Songwriter(s)
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Tony Macaulay
Duane Eddy singles chronology
"Boss Guitar"
(1963) "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar"
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(1963) "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar"
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"Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar" is a song written by Keith Potger and Tony Macaulay and performed by Duane Eddy, with vocals by the Rebelettes. The song reached #9 on the UK Singles Chart in 1975.[1]
The song was produced by Tony Macaulay.[2]
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A Change Is Gonna Come
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"A Change Is Gonna Come"
Single by Sam Cooke
from the album Ain't That Good News
A-side
"Shake"
Released
December 22, 1964 (1964-12-22)
Format
7-inch single
Recorded
January 30, 1964
Studio
RCA, Hollywood, California
Genre
Rhythm and blues
soul
Length
3:11
Label
RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Sam Cooke
Producer(s)
Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke singles chronology
"Cousin of Mine"
(1964) "A Change Is Gonna Come"
(1964) "It's Got The Whole World Shakin'"
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"Cousin of Mine"
(1964) "A Change Is Gonna Come"
(1964) "It's Got The Whole World Shakin'"
(1965)
"A Change Is Gonna Come" 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 René Hall, the song was the B-side to "Shake".
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 struggle and of those around him, and he recorded the song for its first release on his final album, Ain't That Good News.[citation needed] The song, released in 1964, pertains to the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans, and contains the refrain, "It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come."
Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, "A Change Is Gonna Come" 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 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."[1]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Recording and production
3 Composition
4 Personnel
5 Release
5.1 Cover versions
6 Media usage
7 Chart history (Sam Cooke version)
8 Bibliography
9 References
10 External links
Background[edit]
On October 8, 1963, en route to Shreveport, Louisiana, Cooke called ahead to the Holiday Inn North to make reservations for his wife, Barbara, and himself, but when he and his group arrived, the desk clerk glanced nervously and explained there were no vacancies.[2] While his brother Charles protested, Sam was fuming, yelling to see the manager and refusing to leave until he received an answer. His wife nudged him, attempting to calm him down, telling him, "They'll kill you," to which he responded, "They ain't gonna kill me, because I'm Sam Cooke."[2] When they eventually persuaded Cooke to leave, the group drove away calling out insults and blaring their horns. When they arrived at the Castle Motel on Sprague Street downtown, the police were waiting for them, arresting them for disturbing the peace.[2] The New York Times ran an AP report the following day headlined "Negro Band Leader Held in Shreveport," but African-Americans were outraged, leading to the creation of a myth surrounding the incident, exaggerating parts of the story and fabricating others.[3]
In addition, upon hearing Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" in 1963, Cooke was greatly moved that such a poignant song about racism in America could come from someone who was not black, and was also ashamed he had not yet written something like that himself.[4] However, his image and fears of losing his largely white fan base prevented him from doing so.[5] Cooke loved the song so much it was immediately incorporated into his repertoire.[6]
Recording and production[edit]
Following Christmas 1963, Cooke invited J.W. Alexander to his home to preview a new song he had just written, one Cooke was very excited about. When he arrived, Cooke ran through the number on his guitar twice, the second time going over it line by line.[7] Both were very excited to record the song, with Alexander viewing it more personal and political than anything he had yet attempted. He warned Cooke that he may not profit off the song as he had with lighter, poppier songs, but Cooke did not care.[8] He explained to Alexander that he hoped the song would make his father proud.[8] "It was less work than any song he'd ever written," biographer Peter Guralnick says.[6] "It almost scared him that the song — it was almost as if the song were intended for somebody else. He grabbed it out of the air and it came to him whole, despite the fact that in many ways it's probably the most complex song that he wrote. It was both singular — in the sense that you started out, 'I was born by the river' — but it also told the story both of a generation and of a people."[6]
Cooke handed the song to his arranger René Hall, with no specific instructions as to what he personally wanted, but to give it “the kind of instrumentation and orchestration that it demanded.”[9] Previously, the duo had collaborated on arrangement, but this was the first occasion in which Hall was granted complete control of the eventual arrangement, and he composed it as he would a movie score, with lush, symphonic strings.[9] "I wanted it to be the greatest thing in my [life]—I spent a lot of time, put out a lot of ideas, and then changed them and rearranged them," said Hall.[9] Cooke was well known as a perfectionist and "control freak" in the recording studio, so giving Hall total latitude was unprecedented.[6]
AFO drummer John Boudreaux was intimidated by the orchestral arrangement and refused to leave the control room; session player and close collaborator Earl Palmer was working next door and filled in for the song. Luigi Creatore asked Cooke to provide one more take, and the eighth take was "nearly perfect."[10] Luigi was very pleased with the song, considering it among his best, both very serious and still uniquely his own. Cooke had initially imagined that Luigi, first and foremost a pop hitmaker, would not respect the socially conscious song.[10]
Composition[edit]
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
A sound sample of "A Change Is Gonna Come," emphasizing the song's lush, orchestral accompaniment.
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Each verse is a different movement, with the horns carrying the first, the strings the second, and the timpani carrying the bridge.[6] The French horn present in the recording was intended to convey a sense of melancholy.[9]
Cooke incorporated his own personal experiences as well into the song, such as encounters in Memphis, Shreveport and Birmingham, to reflect the lives and struggles of all African-Americans of the time.[8] The lines "I don't know what's up there / Beyond the sky" could refer to Cooke's doubt for absolute true justice on earth.[8] The final verse, in which Cooke pleads for his "brother" to help him, is a metaphor for what Alexander described as "the establishment" The verse continues, 'But he winds up knocking me / back down on my knees.'"[8]
Personnel[edit]
"A Change Is Gonna Come" was recorded on January 30, 1964, at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California.[11] The engineer present was Wally Heider, and the session was conducted and arranged by René Hall. The musicians also recorded "Falling in Love" the same day. Credits adapted from the liner notes to the 2003 compilation Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964.[11]
Sam Cooke – lead vocals
SR Crain – backing vocals
Paul Foster – backing vocals
Jimmie Outler – backing vocals
Richard Gibbs – backing vocals
JJ Farley – backing vocals
René Hall – guitar
Norman Bartold – guitar
Arnold Belnick – guitar
Clifton White – guitar
Chuck Badie – bass guitar
Earl Palmer – drums
Harold Battiste – piano
William Hinshaw – French horn
Emil Radocchia – marimba, timpani, percussion
William Kurasch – trumpet
Louis Blackburn – trombone
John Ewing – trombone
David Wells – trombone
Harry Hyams – viola
Alexander Neiman – viola
Israel Baker – violin
Irving Lipschultz – violin
Leonard Malarsky – violin
Jack Pepper – violin
Ralph Schaeffer – violin
Sidney Sharp – violin
Darrel Terwilliger – violin
Tibor Zelig – violin
Emmet Sargeant – cello
Release[edit]
Cooke first performed "A Change Is Gonna Come" on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on February 7, 1964. Cooke’s new manager, Allen Klein, was infatuated with the song and persuaded Cooke to do away with promoting his most recent single, "Ain't That Good News", and perform "Change" instead, feeling that that was the statement he needed to make before a national audience.[12] Cooke objected, noting that the album’s release was a month away and that he had no time to pull together an arrangement within such a short time frame.[12] Klein arranged for RCA to pay for a full string section and Cooke performed the song that Friday on The Tonight Show after performing "Basin Street".[13] An NBC timekeeper logged down the number as "It's a Long Time Coming," but the network did not save the tape of the performance.[12][13] Klein and Alexander both felt it would become a milestone moment in Cooke's career, but it was overshadowed by the Beatles' performance on The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS just two days later.[13]
Cooke elected not to perform "A Change Is Gonna Come" again in his lifetime, both because of the complexity of the arrangement and because of the ominous nature of the song.[6] When shown to his protégé Bobby Womack, his response was that it sounds "like death." Cooke responded, "Man, that's kind of how it sounds like to me. That's why I'm never going to play it in public." Womack clarified his thoughts, that it wasn’t deathly, but rather "spooky," but Cooke never performed the song again.[6]
Ten months later, "A Change Is Gonna Come" was prepared for single release, with the verse and chorus preceding the bridge ("I go to the movies…") deleted for radio airplay.[14] The civil rights movement picked up on "A Change Is Gonna Come" with near immediacy.[6] On December 11, 1964, two weeks before the song was released, Sam Cooke was fatally shot at a Los Angeles motel.[15]
"A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, and is widely considered Cooke's best composition. Over the years, the song has garnered significant praise and, in 2005, was voted number 12 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and voted number 3 in the webzine Pitchfork Media's The 200 Greatest Songs of the 60s. The song is also among three hundred songs deemed the most important ever recorded by National Public Radio (NPR) and was recently selected by the Library of Congress as one of twenty-five selected recordings to the National Recording Registry as of March 2007. The song is currently ranked as the 46th greatest song of all time, as well as the third best song of 1964, by Acclaimed Music.[16] NPR called the song "one of the most important songs of the civil rights era."[6]
Despite its acclaim, legal troubles have haunted the single since its release. A dispute between Cooke's music publisher, ABKCO, and record company, RCA Records, made the recording unavailable for much of the four decades since its release. Although the song was featured prominently in the 1992 film Malcolm X, it could not be included in the film's soundtrack. By 2003, however, the disputes had been settled in time for the song to be included on the remastered version of Ain't That Good News, as well as the Cooke anthology Portrait of a Legend.[citation needed]
A live rendition was included in the soundtrack to the 2001 Michael Mann film Ali. James Taylor recorded a version specially for an episode of the same title of the television drama The West Wing. The Allman Brothers Band captured their performance of the song on their 2003 DVD Live at the Beacon Theatre.[citation needed]
Cover versions[edit]
Other notable artists who have covered the song include:
Gerald Alston
Baby Huey
The Band
George Benson
Wayne Brady
Billy Bragg
Brandy
Solomon Burke
John Boutte
Tony Carey
the Cold War Kids
Terence Trent D'Arby
Gavin DeGraw
Matt Doyle
Bob Dylan
Everlast
The 5th Dimension (in a 1970 medley with The Rascals' "People Got to Be Free")
Aretha Franklin from "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" (1967)
the Fugees
Jeffrey Gaines
The Gits
Al Green
Greta Van Fleet
Deitrick Haddon
Morten Harket
Beth Hart[17]
jacksoul
Leela James
R. Kelly
Evelyn Champagne King
Patti LaBelle
The Manhattans
Allison Moorer
The Neville Brothers
Graham Parker
Billy Preston
James & Bobby Purify[18]
Prince Buster
Otis Redding
Michael Thompson featuring Bobby Womack
The Righteous Brothers (Bobby Hatfield solo)
Seal and Arcade Fire, who used the song in support of Barack Obama's nomination for President of the United States.
Ben Sollee
Solo
The Supremes
Seal (singer)
Three Dog Night
Tina Turner
Luther Vandross
Cory Wells
Canned Heat performed live at Woodstock, 1969
In recent years, the song has served as a sample for rappers Ghostface Killah (1996), Ja Rule (2003), Papoose (2006), Lil Wayne (2007) "Long Time Coming (remix)" Charles Hamilton, Asher Roth, and B.o.B (2009), and Nas's It Was Written album also features a similar opening as the song. On their album The Reunion hip-hop artists Capone-N-Noreaga used an excerpt from the song on the opening track which shares the same title as the Cooke original. British soul singer Beverley Knight says the song is her all-time favorite and has performed it live many a time; most notably on 'Later with Jools Holland'. On May 6, 2008, during the seventh season of American Idol, the song was sung by contestant Syesha Mercado as the remaining top 4. It was also sung by Joshua Ledet during the Top 7 episode of season 11 (2012), for which he received a standing ovation from the audience.[19] After winning the 2008 United States presidential election, Barack Obama referred to the song, stating to his supporters in Chicago, "It's been a long time coming, but tonight, change has come to America." A duet of the song by Bettye LaVette and Jon Bon Jovi was included in We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial. In Washington DC, in the days leading up to the Inauguration of Barack Obama, this song could be heard played constantly in the city centre.
In 2004, Patti LaBelle performed the song on the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert to a standing ovation.
Julian Casablancas, lead singer of popular rock band The Strokes, has cited "A Change Is Gonna Come" as his favorite song of all time.
In 2009, Aaron Neville, along with the Mt. Zion Mass Choir, released a version of the song “A Change Is Gonna Come” on the compilation album Oh Happy Day.[20]
American Idol creator/producer Simon Fuller selected the song for contestant Adam Lambert to sing in the season 8 finale in May, 2009. It was also covered by season 9 semifinalist Lilly Scott in March 2010.
In 2010, one of the finalists of the British The X Factor, Rebecca Ferguson, sang the song for her audition, impressing judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and guest judge Nicole Scherzinger.
The song was performed in the 2011 Miss America Pageant by Miss Kentucky, Djuan Trent.
In 2011, jazz group Afro-Blue performed the song on The Sing-off by request of the judges. The same year, Everlast recorded a version of the song for his album Songs of the Ungrateful Living. Maverick Sabre covered the song on his 2012 album Lonely Are the Brave
On January 1, 2012, the song was the last single to be played on the New Zealand radio station Solid Gold FM before the station rebranded.
On June 1, 2013 Beyoncé Knowles sang the song during The Sound of Change Live concert in London, as part of Chime for Change, an organization which supports total equality between women and men in all areas of life. Mark Sutherland of Rolling Stone magazine noted that Knowles belted out the song,[21] while Alice Vincent from The Daily Telegraph noted that the rendition of the song reflected the event's purpose.[22] Later, on July 20, 2013, Knowles performed the song during a stop in Detroit as part of her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. The performance followed the city's recent file for bankruptcy. As Knowles performed, the screen behind her displayed photos of Detroit's landmarks and icons including Aretha Franklin, Aaliyah, Eminem, Anita Baker, Bob Seger, Kid Rock, The White Stripes, Berry Gordy, Jr, Joe Louis. The montage ended with the declaration "Nothing Stops Detroit!" and Knowles closed the performance by saying "I love you, Detroit".[23][24][25] A spokesperson for the singer described the performance as a "unique tribute to the history of an incredible city and a celebration of the strong spirit of its people".[24] A black-and-white video of the cover was uploaded on Knowles' official YouTube channel on July 30, 2013. It closes with a quote from Henry Ford: “Failure is simply the opportunity to start over, this time more intelligently."[25] A reporter for The Huffington Post reported that the singer's "heartfelt" cover of the song "touched" her fans and the people who loved Detroit.[26] Latifah Muhammad of the Black Entertainment Television wrote that Knowles' "powerful" rendition of the song came right on time.[27] An editor for Essence described Knowles' cover as a "moving tribute to Detroit".[28] Jordan Sargent of Spin wrote, "It all might come off as a bit heavy-handed if it wasn't for the fact that, well, Beyonce absolutely slays the cover."[29] Lauren Moraski from CBS News described the tribute to the city as "touching".[30] In 2013 15-year-old Dwayne Cooke released a video of himself singing "A Change Gonna Come" on YouTube which has gone viral on Facebook and other social networking sites...[31]
Media usage[edit]
Many stations have played this song to signal the moment of format change (e.g. when KSOC 94.5 in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX changed from urban AC to urban oldies in July 2011).[32]
Chart history (Sam Cooke version)[edit]
Chart (1965)
Peak
position
Billboard R&B Singles Chart 9
Billboard Hot 100 31
Bibliography[edit]
Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964. Abkco Records, 2003. Los Angeles, California.
Werner, Craig (1999). A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race, and the Soul of America. Plume. ISBN 0-452-28065-6.
Wolff, Daniel J.; S.R. Crain; Clifton White & G. David Tenenbaum (1995). You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. William Morrow & Co. ISBN 0-688-12403-8.
Guralnick, Peter (2005). Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Back Bay Books. ISBN 978-0316013291.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Cannady, S. 2007, Recordings by Historical Figures and Musical Legends Added To the 2006 National Recording Registry: Library of Congress Accepting Nominations for the 2007 Registry, viewed May 9, 2017
^ Jump up to: a b c Guralnick 2005, p. 526.
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^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Sam Cooke And The Song That 'Almost Scared Him'". NPR (National Public Radio). February 1, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
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^ Jump up to: a b c d e Guralnick 2005, p. 541.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Guralnick 2005, p. 547.
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^ Jump up to: a b Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964 (liner notes). Sam Cooke. US: ABKCO Records. 2003. 92642.
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Jump up ^ "James & Bobby Purify, James & Bobby Purify". Retrieved January 24, 2017.
Jump up ^ Joshua Ledet Earns TWO Standing Ovations on American Idol (VIDEO)
Jump up ^ "Jon Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah go gospel for "Day"". Reuters. March 27, 2009.
Jump up ^ Sutherland, Mark (June 1, 2013). "Beyonce Leads a Charge of Powerful Women at Sound of Change". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Vincent, Alice (June 2, 2013). "Beyoncé, Sound of Change Live, Twickenham Stadium, review". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Beyoncé dedicates 'A Change is Gonna Come' to Detroit". Rap-Up. July 21, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
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^ Jump up to: a b Graham, Adam (August 1, 2013). "Grapevine: Beyonce's 'Change' hits online". The Detroit News. MediaNews Group. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Beyonce Releases Powerful Detroit Dedication, Cover Of Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
Jump up ^ Muhammad, Latifah (July 22, 2013). "Beyoncé Sings "A Change Is Gonna Come" in Detroit". Black Entertainment Television. BET Networks. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Must-See: Beyoncé Dedicates 'A Change Is Gonna Come' to Detroit". Essence. Essence Communications. August 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Sargent, Jordan (July 31, 2013). "Watch Beyonce Dedicate Moving Cover of 'A Change Is Gonna Come' to Detroit". Spin. Spin Media LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Moraski, Lauren (July 31, 2013). "Watch: Beyonce releases touching tribute to Detroit". CBS News. CBS. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ "A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke Cover, 1963 - Done By Dwayne".
Jump up ^ 94.5 KSoul Revamps As Old School 94.5 - Format Change Archive (accessed October 4, 2011)
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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