What inspired Sam Cooke to write A Change Is Gonna Come? What was on the A-side of the single? What was included on the album track? Join Stevie Nix as he answers all of these questions and more as he looks at arguably the greatest civil writes anthem and the covers it has inspired. WARNING: This episode contains traces of Celine Dion.

Featured artists [in alphabetical order]:

Sam Cooke
Aretha Franklin
The Fugees
The Herd
Baby Huey
Evelyn King
Brian Owens
Otis Redding
Naomi Shelton
Brenton Wood

Hidden track: H.E.R.

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