Billy Preston – Will It Go Round In Circles

Description

“Will It Go Round in Circles”
side-A label

Side A of the US single
Single by Billy Preston
from the album Music Is My Life
B-side Blackbird
Released March 1973
Genre Funksoul
Length 3:42 (single version)
4:28 (album version)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Billy PrestonBruce Fisher
Producer(s) Billy Preston
Billy Preston singles chronology
Slaughter
(1972)
Will It Go Round in Circles
(1973)
Space Race
(1974)
Official audio
“Will It Go Round In Circles” on YouTube

Will It Go Round in Circles” is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston from his 1972 album Music Is My Life. It was written by Preston and Bruce Fisher and released as a single in March 1973. The record topped the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies. This was the first of two number one hits for Preston as a solo performer, the other being “Nothing from Nothing“, although he is also credited on the Beatles‘ 1969 hit “Get Back“.

Personnel

  • Billy Preston – piano, vocals
  • George Johnson – guitar
  • Louis Johnson – bass guitar
  • Hubert Heard – organ, melodica
  • Manuel Kellough – drums
  • Tom Scott – saxophone
  • Jim Horn – saxophone
  • George Bohanon – trombone
  • Buck Monari – trumpet
  • Paul Hubinon – trumpet

Chart performance

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