#we're a winner

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And never let anybody say, “Boy, you can’t make it,” ‘cause A feeble mind is in your way. No more tears do we cry, And we have finally Dried our eyes, And we’re movin’ on up…

The Impressions - We’re a Winner

*keep on pushin’

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The Impressions - We're a Winner

The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield resynced live tv performance from 1967. Audio is dubbed with the original studiorecording.

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From the Charts: The Impressions - We’re a Winner

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Curtis!

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The Impressions - We’re a Winner (We’re a Winner, 1968)

Lead vocals by Curtis Mayfield

Background vocals by Sam Gooden and Fred Cash

Guitar by Phil Upchurch

Bass guitar by Lenny Brown

Drums by Billy Griffin

Produced, arranged, and conducted by Johnny Pate

“The concept for "We're a Winner" came to Curtis Mayfield one night in a dream; the musician quickly woke himself and ran with his inspiration. The resulting song was an uplifting composition whose lyrics encouraged the listener that the time for self-pity is over, and that one should acknowledge his or her worth, even in the face of opposition. Intended as an inspirational song for the group's primarily African-American audiences, Mayfield urges his audience to "Keep on pushin'/like your leaders tell you to" - the "leaders" being figures involved in the Civil Rights Movement such as Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and others. To accentuate the song's uplifting feel, "We're a Winner" was recorded with a live audience in the RCA Victor and Universal studios in the Impressions' homebase of Chicago, Illinois.”

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The Impressions - Little Brown Boy (We’re a Winner, 1968)

beautiful soul music...

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The Impressions - Nothing Can Stop Me (We’re a Winner, 1968)

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The Impressions - I Loved And I Lost (We're A Winner) [1968]