We're Gonna Make It (Little Milton song)

"We're Gonna Make It"
Single by Little Milton
from the album We're Gonna Make It
B-side"Can't Hold Back the Tears"
Released1965
Recorded1965
StudioChess Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, Illinois
GenreBlues
Length2:32
LabelChecker
Songwriter(s)Gene Barge, Billy Davis, Raynard Miner & Carl William Smith
Little Milton singles chronology
"Blind Man"
(1964) 		"We're Gonna Make It"
(1965) 		"Who's Cheating Who?"
(1965)

"We're Gonna Make It" is a 1965 R&B single written by Gene Barge, Billy Davis, Raynard Miner & Carl William Smith,[1] and performed by Little Milton. The single is the only Top 40 entry of Little Milton's career and his highest charting R&B single, spending three weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart.[2]

Song Background

The lyrics of the song offer a civil-rights metaphor, depicting the signs of the time period in which the song was released.[3]

Cover Versions

  • The song was later covered by Millie Jackson on her 1982 album Hard Times.

Chart positions

Chart (1965) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 25
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 384.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 355.
  3. ^ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. New York: Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 5.


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