A cover of Donny Hathaway's civil rights anthem "Someday We'll All Be Free" by former Brainstorm and Cameo vocalist/trombonist Jeryl Bright.
Bright, along with two other Cameo members, bassist Aaron Mills and keyboardist Tommy 'T.C.' Campbell, formed MCB (Mills, Campbell, Bright) and released one self-titled, album and a single on Epic in 1983 before returning to the group.
Although the song was later adopted by the civil rights movement, the lyric, written by Edward Howard, was actually about Hathaway's state of mind as he had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when the song was written. Hathaway would tragically take his own life in Jan 1979 falling from the 15th floor of a New York city hotel room.
Whilst the song was released as a single, it was only as a B side to "Love, Love, Love" (written by J.R. Bailey and Ken Williams), which reached #44 on Hot 100 in Jun 1973 and peaked at #16 R&B.
The song has been covered countless times by many named artists such as Bobby Womack, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Teena Marie, George Benson. Gregory Porter to name but a few and is said to have brought Hathaway to tears when he listened to the final cut.
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| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul / Cover Version |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Bizcuit Records |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 01/03/2024 |
| Key/BPM: | 2B/67 |
| Price: | £1 |
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