{{Short description|2001 single by The Black Crowes}} {{Infobox song | name = Soul Singing | cover = The Black Crowes - Soul Singing.png | alt = | border = yes | caption = UK CD1 cover | type = single | artist = The Black Crowes | album = Lions | B-side = {{ubl|"Love Is Now"|"Last Time Again"|"Sleepyheads"|"Soul Singing" (Live)}} | released = July 23, 2001 | recorded = January–February 2001 at Montana Rehearsal Studios, New York City and Theater 99 Recording, New York City | studio = | venue = | genre = Blues rock, folk rock, alternative rock, soul | length = 3:54 | label = V2 | writer = Rich & Chris Robinson | producer = Don Was | prev_title = Lickin' | prev_year = 2001 | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''Soul Singing'''" is a song by the American rock band The Black Crowes, released on July 23, 2001, as the second single from the group's sixth studio album ''Lions''.

==Writing and production== thumb|200px|right|The "Soul Singing" music video, directed by Liz Friedlander,<ref name="MSO">{{cite press release |title=The Black Crowes Roar onto the Charts with 'Lions' Debuting in the Top 20 |publisher=Mitch Schneider Organization |date=2001-05-21 |url=http://www.msopr.com/?q=node/1830 |access-date=2008-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209205009/http://www.msopr.com/?q=node%2F1830 |archive-date=2012-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> features highly saturated shots of the band performing in a vast, grassy field with widely scattered extras. Audley Freed and Andy Hess appear despite not playing on the track.

"Soul Singing" was co-written, like all original Black Crowes songs, by Chris and Rich Robinson. The song began with a riff that Rich had written a "long time" before the recording of ''Lions''.<ref name="NatN Rich">{{cite web |url=http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/35 |title=Roaring Like Lions: Rich |author=Cohen, Jonathan |publisher=Nude as the News |date=May 16, 2001 |access-date=2008-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030120100155/http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/35 |archive-date=January 20, 2003 }}</ref> Chris then added the vocal melodies and corresponding lyrics, which pertained to his then-wife, Kate Hudson.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last = Goodman |first = Dean |title = Black Crowes Singer in a Whole Lotta Love |agency = Reuters |date = May 24, 2001}}</ref> While Chris believed this early form of "Soul Singing", with one instrumental section throughout, sufficed, Rich argued a second section was needed. "So we talked about that one for a while", recalled Rich, who ultimately won the argument.<ref name="Guitar">{{cite journal |last = Callaghan |first = John |title = The Lion, The Spliff & The Wardrobe |journal = Guitar |volume = 11 |issue = 12 |pages = 38–44 |date = June 2001 |issn = 1525-5549 |oclc = 41594333}}</ref>

Rich recorded his guitar part with a James Trussart metal-bodied electric, which offered a resonator-like tone. "I knew that guitar was the only one that could go from sounding acoustic in the verses to electric in the chorus in the way that I wanted", said Rich.<ref name="Guitar"/>

==Track listing== All songs written by Rich & Chris Robinson.

;UK CD1 # "Soul Singing"&nbsp;– 3:54 # "Love Is Now"&nbsp;– 4:23 # "Last Time Again"&nbsp;– 5:30

;UK CD2 # "Soul Singing"&nbsp;– 3:54 # "Sleepyheads"&nbsp;– 4:15 # "Soul Singing" (Live)&nbsp;– 4:05

==Charts== {|class="wikitable" |- !|Chart (2001) !Peak<br />position |- | Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA Chart">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/oQv304J|title=The Black Crows ARIA Chart history - June 1988 to June 2025 |publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= June 29, 2025}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 191 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the black crowes|chart=Mainstream Rock Tracks}} |title=Hot Mainstream Rock Songs - Soul Singing |date=2001-08-18 |access-date=2008-05-31 |magazine=Billboard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102070526/http://www.billboard.com:80/artist/385000/black-crowes/chart?f=376 |archive-date=January 2, 2015 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|12 |}

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