Talk:A Song for You

Cultural References

MKTO reference the Donny Hathaway version in the song Classic: "Let's get it on like Marvin Gaye, like Hathaway. Write A Song For You like this." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.18.173 (talk) 17:55, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Untitled

he wrote this song for steve mitchell —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.214.13.204 (talk) 19:42, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Other versions

This list is so long as to reduce the amount of information on the page by bloating it with unhelpful data. I recommend that it be reduced to at most 10 versions, notable because of awards or major stylistic differences. That shorter list could be introduced by, "The song has been covered by famous and infamous artists, including..." or anything that captures the idea that it is a classic song, without listing every single version since the song was first heard. 75.37.20.102 (talk) 00:02, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. Need more on the song itself, less on the versions. 70.208.74.187 (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

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• Cover versions

A Song for You covered from 1970 to 2019:

Year	Artist	Album	Notes
1970	Leon Russell	Leon Russell	First release. Not released as a single
1971	Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton	Also on The Best Of Merry Clayton from 2013
1971	Donny Hathaway	Donny Hathaway
1971	Lena Horne	Nature's Baby
1971	Bill Medley	A Song for You
1971	Jaye P. Morgan		The 1950s chanteuse had her final Billboard chart song in 1971 with this tune ("Bubbling Under #105)
1971	Helen Reddy	I Don't Know How to Love Him
1971	Judy Stone	Pure Stone
1972	The Carpenters	A Song for You	Not released as a single they also performed this song live on a Bob Hope TV Special that aired on October 5, 1972
1972	Cher	Foxy Lady	she also performed the song on the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1972	Billy Eckstine	Senior Soul
1972	Buddy Greco	It's My Life
1972	Jack Jones	A Song for You
1972	Peggy Lee	Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota
1972	Carmen McRae	The Great American Songbook
1972	The Politicians	The Politicians featuring McKinley Jackson
1973	Björn Skifs & Blåblus	Pinewood rally
1973	Vikki Carr	Live at the Greek Theatre
1973	Woody Herman	Giant Steps
1973	Morgana King	New Beginnings
1973	Don Lane	Don Lane
1973	Lill Lindfors	Kom igen!
1973	Willie Nelson	Shotgun Willie	He also performed it in the 1980 movie Honeysuckle Rose, and it appears on the movie's soundtrack.
1973	Houston Person	A Song for You
1973	Lou Rawls	Live at the Century Plaza
1973	Al Wilson	Show and Tell
1974	Petula Clark	Royal Albert Hall	Also on her compilation album Open Your Heart in 2009
1974	Aretha Franklin	Let Me in Your Life	Lyric altered from "10,000 people watching" to "Millions of people watching"
1974	Denis King	All In Love Is Fair
1974	Mari Nakamoto	Three Blind Mice
1974	Freda Payne	Payne & Pleasure
1974	Tony Ronald	Juntos
1974	Telly Savalas	Some Broken Hearts
1974	The Temprees	Temprees
1974	Maxine Weldon	Some Singin
1975	George Baker	Song for You
1975	Barbara Cook	Barbara Cook at Carnegie Hall
1975	Mina	La Mina	Sung in Italian as "Quasi Come Musica"
1975	Fausto Papetti	21a Raccolta
1975	The Temptations	A Song for You	Not released as a single
1975	Phil Woods	Images
1976	Joe Cocker	Stingray (album)
1976	Ronnie Dyson	The More You Do It
1976	Anna Leah	Reborn
1976	Lou Rawls	Naturally
1976	Donna Summer		Recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, California Summer often sang this as the encore during tours from 1977 to 1979, and again in 1983.
1978	Ron Carter	A Song for You
1978	Earl Coleman	A Song for You
1978	Betty Wright	Betty Wright Live
1979	Wendel Adkins	Live At Whiskey River
1979	Tadao Hayashi	Finger Trip II
1979	Salena Jones	Stormy With Luv
1979	Sylvester	Living Proof
1982	Willy Heynen & Ingrid Pollet	The Long Years
1984	Anita O'Day	A Song For You
1986	Elton John		he performed this song as an intro to a medley of his own songs "Blue Eyes" & "I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues" on Tour
1987	Nancy Wilson	Forbidden Lover
1990	Dianne Mower	A Song for You
1990	Talk of Night	Talk of Night
1991	British Electric Foundation and Mavis Staples	Music of Quality & Distinction Volume 2
1993	Michael Ball	Song For You
1993	Ray Charles	My World	He recorded a version of the song on his 1993 album My World. Released as a single, it reached #4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, and won him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Charles also performed the song at New York's Beacon Theatre on April 9, 2003, as part of Willie Nelson's 70th birthday tribute (released on DVD as Willie Nelson and Friends: Live & Kickin'). Leon Russell sang the first verse, Willie Nelson sang the second verse, and Charles sang the remainder of the song in this unforgettable performance. Nelson, who stood nearby during Charles' performance, was moved to tears.
1993	Norman Connors	Remember Who You Are
1993	Mike Garson	The Oxnard Sessions, Vol. 2
1993	Devon Sinclair	Songs From The Heart
1994	Damion Hall and Aaron Hall	Straight to the Point
1994	Shirley Horn	I Love You, Paris	sung in a medley with the Gordon Jenkins song "Goodbye" recorded on March 7, 1992 in Paris, France
1994	Vince Jones	Kate Ceberano and Friends a Kate Ceberano album
1996	Diahann Carroll	At The Montreux Jazz Festival
1996	Cæcilie Norby	My Corner of the Sky
1996	Dusty Springfield	Something Special	recorded on November 19, 1971 for her 1972 album "See All Her Faces"
1997	Kimiko Itoh	The Time of My Life
1998	Binghamton Crosbys	Super Bos
1998	Lainie Kazan	In the Groove
1998	Marie Carmen Koppel	TAXA Kronehits
1998	Gerald Levert	New York Undercover: A Night at Natalie’s
1998	Sanne Salomonsen with Chris Minh Doky	In a New York Minute
1998	Jimmy Spencer	Song For You
1999	Peabo Bryson	Unconditional Love
1999	Natalie Cole	Snowfall on the Sahara	used to dramatic effect by figure skater Michelle Kwan
1999	Pilita Corrales	A Song for You
1999	Vincent Wolfe	Trust the Vibe
2000	Sakura	Room 508
2001	City High	City High
2001	Merv Griffin	It's Like a Dream
2001	Harumi Igarashi	A Song for You	Japan
2001	Tchello Palma	Song for you
2001	Neal Schon	Voice
2001	Three Mo' Tenors	A Song for You
2002	Eden Atwood	My Ideal
2002	Jeremy Monteiro Trio	A Song For You, Karen
2002	Kenny Rankin	Song for You
2002	Andy Snitzer	Over Crystal Green
2002	Colm Wilkinson	Some Of My Best Friends Are Songs
2002	Will & Rainbow	Sugar
2003	David Cassidy	A Touch of Blue
2003	Renée Geyer	Tenderland
2003	Ann Nesby	Church: Songs of Soul and Inspiration
2003	Randy Waldman	You Raise Me Up
2003	Lynette Washington	LIVE! At Harlem's Kennedy Center
2004	Big Daddy 'O'	Deranged Covers
2004	Bogdan Hołownia	Tales
2004	Jasper Steverlinck	It Must Be Love
2005	Michael Bublé	It's Time	Also on 2019 NBC TV Special Album
2005	Peter Gallagher	7 Days in Memphis
2005	Herbie Hancock feat. Christina Aguilera	Possibilities	It received airplay on U.S. smooth jazz radio and was also nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 2006 Grammy Awards. The duo performed a live rendition at the ceremony that year.
2005	Lady Kim	Everything Must Change
2005	Simply Red	Simplified	Released as part of a double A-side single in January 2006.
2006	Beyoncé	Tours	she performed with a musical arrangement inspired by Donny Hathaway's Version during her 2006 Tokyo concert for the release of her album B’Day also sung on her 2008 and 2012 tours.
2006	Janine Gilbert-Carter	A Song For You
2006	Sam Harris	Always
2006	Kind of Like Spitting	The Thrill of the Hunt
2006	Michael Lington	Song for You
2006	Jitka Zelenková	Pod kůží	Czech
2007	Nolwenn Leroy	Histoires Naturelles Tour
2007	Claire Martin	He Never Mentioned Love
2007	Marek Napiórkowski	When Good Things Happen to Bad Pianos
2007	B. J. Thomas	Love to Burn
2007	Joseph Williams	Smiles and Tears
2007	Elliott Yamin	Elliott Yamin	Performed the song in both his audition for American Idol and in one of his final performances. It was also named number three in Entertainment Weekly's 10 all-time best American Idol performances. The song is also on Yamin's debut album.
2008	Bizzy Bone feat. DMX & Chris Notez	A Song for You	Samples Donny Hathaway's 1971 rendition. The music video includes Chris Notez playing a grand piano in front of a big manor singing his lyrics in the chorus, Bizzy Bone, DMX and sometimes Chris Notez singing in a dimly lit big room. Bizzy Bone is seen singing the song in front of a tombstone, which appears to be the gravesite of rapper Eazy-E.
2008	Rhonda Burchmore	Cry me a River
2008	Lisa Yvonne Ferraro	Live at Fallingwater
2008	Gordon	Song for You
2008	Eriko Ishihara	Unforgettable
2008	Leon Jackson	Song for You
2008	Jessy J	Tequila Moon
2008	Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch	Acoustic Room 47
2008	Jane McDonald	Jane – UK No. 7
2008	Vitamin String Quartet	VSQ Performs Michael Buble
2009	Ernestine Anderson	A Song for You
2009	Barbara Blue	LIVE Volume 3
2009	Whitney Houston	I Look to You	She performed it in 1991 live for the troops at the Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston concert and then later recorded a studio version for her 2009 album.
2009	Tommy Mitchell	Song for You
2009	Lucky Peterson	Organ Soul Sessions: The Music Is the Magic
2009	Nikoletta Szőke	Song for You
2009	Zakk Wylde		Performed a rendition at the November 19, 2009, Gibson / Les Paul Tribute concert held at The Ryman auditorium in Nashville.
2010	Neil Diamond	Dreams
2010	Angelica	Best of Love and Ballad Songs
2010	Ahmir	The Covers Collection - Vol. #2
2010	Steve Dobrogosz	Steve Dobrogosz with Anna Christoffersson
2010	Ruby Wilson	A Song For You
2010	Kirk Whalum	Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway
2011	Amy Winehouse	Lioness: Hidden Treasures	Released posthumously
2011	Térez Montcalm	Here's to You - Songs for Shirley Horn
2011	Tomas Nicholas	Audible Spectrumn
2011	Jim Brickman	A Song for You
2011	Gino Paoli	Quasi come musica (A Song for You)	Italian
2011	Karel Gott	Zpívám jednu píseň dál a dál (A Song for You)	Czech
2011	Heather Sullivan	In the Dead of Night
2011	Larry Braggs	"Jus' Sangin'"
2012	Elkie Brooks	Powerless
2012	Søren Bebe Trio	A Song for You
2012	Jam Hsiao	Mr. Jazz A Song For You
2012	Lalah Hathaway	2012 Tour	Donny Hathaway's daughter
2012	Jesse Campbell	A Song for You
2012	Katy Setterfield	A Song for You
2012	Han Hee-jun	American Idol Top 9 Season 11
2012	Sussan Kameron	Música para Enamorar
2012	Max Mutzke and Klaus Doldinger	Durch Einander
2012	Darren Percival	A Song for You
2012	The Dear Abbeys	Proclamation
2012	Hugo Race	No But It's True
2012	Peter Asplund	Afterglow
2013	Alias	A Song for You
2013	Darryl Jordan	A Song for You	Single
2013	Eels	A Song for You	Single
2013	Richard Wellington	Give It a Chance
2013	Richard Poon	Legends
2013	Rie fu	Rie fu Sings the Carpenters
2013	Black Label Society	Attributes
2013	Steffen Morrison	The Blind Auditions
2013	Sorea Band	A Song For You
2013	Ruben Hein	A Song For You
2013	Coco O	Quadron
2014	Caroline Chevin	A Song for You	Single
2014	Ranee Lee	What's Going On
2014	Chris Morgan	A Song For You
2014	Delvin Choice	The Voice Performance
2014	Roh Ji hoon	A Song for You
2014	Dee Daniels	Intimate Conversations
2014	Dee Daniels	Intimate Conversations
2014	David and Devine	A Song for You	Single
2014	Damien Lawson	The Voice Performance
2014	Justin Vernon of Bon Iver		Occasionally performed the song live, most notably during a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2015	Rob Taylor	The Voice Performance
2015	Jarrod Lawson	Live at The Jazz FM Awards
2015	Keiko Lee	Love XX
2015	Tomco AV	A Song For you	Single and Live
2015	Telly Leung	The Voice Performance
2016	Maimouna Youssef	Mumu Fresh
2016	Isabella Taviani	Carpenters Avenue
2016	Dami Im	Classic Carpenters
2016	Boys Republic	BR: Evolution
2016	Cheyenne Jackson	Renaissance
2016	Susan and Mike Mattison	Live From The Swamp, Vol. 2:Orpheum Theatre
2017	Vanessa Ferguson	The Voice Performance
2017	Samuel Storm	The Story
2017	Lea Salonga	Bahaghari [Rainbow]
2017	Victor Oladipo	Songs for You EP
2017	Aisha De Haas	Broadway Sessions	Live - Single
2018	The Mark-Almond Band	Unplugged (Circa 1971)
2018	Greetje Kauffeld	A Song For You
2018	Adrian Christian	A Song For You
2018	Steve Tyrell	A Song for You
2018	Nam Woo-hyun	A Song for You	Korean
2018	Daniel Evans	The X Factor finalists British
2018	James Graham	The Four Performance
2018	Al Grominsky	Stagger Lee	Spotify Exclusive Single
2018	Dalton Harris	A Song for You
2018	Adam Sick	The X Factor finalists
2019	Diana Rouvas	The Voice Performance
2019	Tony Monaco	The Definition of Insanity
2019	NU'EST	A Song For You	Korean
2019	Shawn Sounds	The Voice Performance
2019	Kodi Lee	America's Got Talent (season 14)
2019	H.E.R.	A Love Letter to Mom	Live H.E.R.
2019	Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky	Tryst	first single from the album

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