"Son of A Preacher Man"
The standout track of the album is "Son of a Preacher Man". Released as a single, it reached #9 in the United Kingdom, #10 in the United States and charted internationally. The Billboard year end chart placed the single at #96. It was placed #77 among The 100 Best Singles of the Last 25 Years by the writers of the Rolling Stone magazine in 1987, and #43 of the Greatest Singles of All Time by the writers of New Musical Express in 2002. The song had originally been turned down by Aretha Franklin. When Franklin recorded it a year later, Dusty felt Franklin's version was superior and thereafter adopted some of Franklin's phrasing.
Samples from "Son of a Preacher Man" were used on Cypress Hill's cult-classic stoner-culture song "Hits from the Bong" on their album Black Sunday in 1993 and on Adil Omar's "Known to Kick It" in 2008. In 1994 the song was featured in a scene of the film Pulp Fiction. In the movie, the song was a background for Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) talking over an intercom. The soundtrack reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200, and at the time, went platinum in Canada (1,000,000 units). "Son of a Preacher Man" helped to sell over 2 million units of the album and to reach #6 of the world chart according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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