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Carolyn Franklin and the Sweet Inspirations supplied the background vocals, with Cissy Houston (Whitney Houston's mother) belting the operatic notes during the bridges.Īin't No Way chronicles the heartbreak of a woman whose lover has left her. Described as "quite possibly soul music's finest ballad", it shines through with the rich and soulful lead vocals of Aretha Franklin. It's a quintessential love song, filled with yearning, passion, and the desire to love someone or be loved recklessly, without abandon. Ain't No Way spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 16. It was recorded by Aretha Franklin as part of her 12th studio album Lady Soul (which is on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die).

Of course, Aretha went on to clinch the title Queen of Soul – but her sisters carried on writing, composing, and recording songs for decades.ĭuring Carolyn's musical career, before her death from cancer at the age of 43, she recorded five solo studio albums and wrote/co-wrote songs like Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around), Angel, As Long As You Are There, Baby Baby Baby, I Was Made For You, Pullin and Without Love.Īin't No Way stands out effortlessly in Carolyn's impressive portfolio as a songwriter. Her father – reverend and civil rights activist CL Franklin – was known as "the Man with the Million-dollar Voice", and he featured her in his church choir, alongside her two older sisters Erma and Aretha. Its writer, Carolyn Franklin, was born into a family of soul music talents. However, one song is conspicuously missing from these lists – the 1968 hit Ain't No Way. In recent years, Billboard, Insider, Harper's Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan have ranked and curated a selection of the greatest love songs of all time. As a genre, the love song continues to endure because of its ability to capture our happiest, deepest, and most vulnerable moments. In her 2012 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper, Adele stated that "everyone loves a love song" – and the musical form has proven consistently popular, with chart-toppers such as Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You, Adele's Someone Like You, and Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You.