"Freeway of Love" is a Grammy Award-winning song released as the first single from Aretha Franklin's 1985 album Who's Zoomin' Who? produced by Narada Michael Walden. It was very successful in the United States, peaking at the #3 position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topping the Hot R&B Singles chart for five weeks (from July 27, 1985 to August 24, 1985). In a remixed "rock" version, the song also topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, as well. This single became Aretha's 15th Top-10 pop hit in the United States and earned her 12th Grammy Award, for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
The song features a notable contribution from Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Sylvester and Jeanie Tracy provide backup vocals.
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