I Wrote a Simple Song

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I Wrote A Simple Song
I Wrote A Simple Song cover
Studio album by Billy Preston
Released 25 June 1971
Recorded February 1971
Genre Soul / Rock
Length 40.03
Label A&M Records
Producer Quincy Jones
Professional reviews
Billy Preston chronology
Encouraging Words
(1970)		 'I Wrote a Simple Song
(1971)		 Music Is My life
(1972)

I Wrote a Simple Song is an album by Billy Preston released in 1971. This album is the first of Preston's album that included Gospel songs. The song "You Done Got Older" is derived partly from the Beatles' hit "Get Back". The instrumental "Outa-Space" won a Grammy Award for best song.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billy Preston & Joe Greene, except where noted.

  1. "Should Have Known Better" – 2:28
  2. "I Wrote A Simple Song" – 3:28
  3. "John Henry" (Billy Preston/Robert Sam) – 3:15
  4. "Without A Song" (William Rose/Edward Eliscu/Vincent Youmans) – 4:57
  5. "The Bus" – 3:32
  6. "Outa-Space" – 4:08
  7. "The Looner Tune" (Billy Preston/Joe Greene/Jesse Kirkland) – 2:47
  8. "You Done Got Older" (Billy Preston/Bruce Fisher) – 3:08
  9. "Swing Down Chariot" (Arranged by Billy Preston/Joe Greene) – 4:13
  10. "God Is Great" – 3:32
  11. "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" (Traditional) – 4:27