"The House That Jack Built" | ||||
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Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
B-side | "I Say a Little Prayer" | |||
Released | August 1968 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 2:18 | |||
Label | Atlantic Records 2546 | |||
Writer(s) | Bobby Lance, Fran Robbins | |||
Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"The House That Jack Built" is a song written by Bobby Lance and Fran Robbins and performed by Aretha Franklin. The song reached #2 on the U.S. R&B chart and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.
The song's B-side, "I Say a Little Prayer", reached #3 on the U.S. R&B chart, #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #4 in the U.K. in 1968.
"The House that Jack Built" was originally recorded by Thelma Jones and released on the Barry label earlier in 1968. That version did not make the U.S. charts.