I Wrote A Simple Song

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A1	Should've Known Better Written-By – Billy Preston, Joe Greene	2:28
A2	I Wrote A Simple Song Written-By – Billy Preston, Joe Greene	3:28
A3	John Henry Written-By – Billy Preston, Robert Sam	3:15
A4	Without A Song Written-By – William Rose*, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans	4:57
A5	The Bus Written-By – Billy Preston, Joe Greene	3:32
B1	Outa-Space Written-By – Billy Preston, Joe Greene	4:08
B2	The Looner Tune Written-By – Billy Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene	2:47
B3	You Done Got Older Written-By – Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher	3:08
B4	Swing Down Chariot Written By – Public Domain	4:13
B5	God Is Great Written-By – Billy Preston, Joe Greene	3:32
B6	My Country 'Tis Of Thee Written By – Public Domain	4:27

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd.
• Manufactured For – The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd.
• Printed By – The Eagle Lithographing Co. (P) Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Quincy Jones
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Douglas Gibbs, Duane Rogers, Eugene Bryant, Jesse Kirkland, Merry Clayton, Merna Matthews*, Patrice Holloway, Sherrell Atwood, Venetta Fields
• Congas – King Errison*
• Design – Chuck Beeson
• Drums – Manuel Kellough
• Engineer – Tommy Vicari
• Guitar – David T. Walker
• Illustration – Joe Cibere
• Lead Guitar – George Harrison
• Photography By – Jim McCrary
• Producer, Keyboards – Billy Preston
• Tenor Saxophone – Rocky Peoples
• Trumpet – Charles Garnette*

Notes

#cat. SP-3507 on the labels; #cat. SP 3507 on cover and spine.
Label has a text "Made in India by The The Gramophone Co. of India Ltd".
Back cover has a Logos of A&M Records and The Eagle Lithographing Co. (P) Ltd. in the form of a flying bird (very small to the right of the text DUM DUM ● INDIA).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label A): (SP-3517)
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): (SP-3518)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched except MR, G stamped): A&M SP 3517 M3 -REPL MR (circled, struck-through) Z G △17221
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched except MR, G stamped): A&M SP 3517 M3 -REPL MR (circled) Z G △17221-X

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SP-3507	Billy Preston	I Wrote A Simple Song ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	A&M Records	SP-3507	US	1971
SPC-3733	Billy Preston	I Wrote A Simple Song ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Pickwick	SPC-3733	US	1980
SP 3507	Billy Preston	I Wrote A Simple Song ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	A&M Records	SP 3507	US	Unknown
85 811 IT	Billy Preston	I Wrote A Simple Song ‎(LP, Album)	A&M Records	85 811 IT	Germany	1971
SP-3507	Billy Preston	I Wrote A Simple Song ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	A&M Records	SP-3507	US	1971