We're a Winner (song)

"We're a Winner"
Single by The Impressions
from the album We're a Winner
B-side"It’s All Over"
Released1967
RecordedRCA Victor Studios, Chicago; Universal Studios, Chicago: 1967
GenreSoul
Length2:24
LabelABC-Paramount 11022
Songwriter(s)Curtis Mayfield
Producer(s)Johnny Pate
The Impressions singles chronology
"You Ought to Be in Heaven"
(1967) 		"We're a Winner"
(1967) 		"We're Rolling On"
(1967)

"We're a Winner" is a 1967 single recorded by The Impressions for the ABC-Paramount label. Written and produced by Impressions lead singer Curtis Mayfield, the song is notable as one of the most prominent popular recordings dealing with the subject of black pride. The phrase "We're a Winner" was later used as the motto of Mayfield's record label Curtom Records.

Personnel

Chart performance

The single peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart, and was the number-one single on the Billboard R&B Chart during the week of March 1, 1968.[2]

Chart (1967–68) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 14
US Best Selling R&B Singles (Billboard) 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Forgotten Heroes: Curtis Mayfield". 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 272.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 406.