Never Gonna Break My Faith
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" is a Grammy Award-winning,[1] Golden Globe nominated[2] song by American soul singer Aretha Franklin. It was released in October 2006 as a duet with Mary J Blige and Boys Choir of Harlem and featured in the film Bobby about the last moments of the life of Robert F. Kennedy. The film was directed by Emilio Estevez.
| "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Aretha Franklin | |
| Released | 2006 |
| Genre | Gospel |
| Label | RCA |
| Songwriter(s) | Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy, Andrea Remanda |
| Producer(s) | The Underdogs |
Twelve years after its release in the film, an unheard solo performance of Aretha Franklin singing the song was released to commemorate Juneteeth 2020 with a new video visualizing the American human rights movement. This caused the song to enter the Billboard gospel charts at #1, giving Franklin the distinction of having had #1 records in every decade since the 1960s [3]
Background
Written by songwriters Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy, the song was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song in 2007. Andrea Remanda is also credited as songwriter on the song. Aretha performed the song live at the musicares event on 8 February 2008, when she was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year, 2008. It is the only known live version of the song.
References
- "50th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. November 28, 2017.
- ""Never Gonna Break My Faith"". www.goldenglobes.com.
- "Aretha Franklin Continues Streak of No. 1s in Every Decade Since the '60s With 'Never Gonna Break My Faith'". July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.