...is actually a cover. Specifically, of a semi-obscure Southern soul record by Jimmy Hughes from the same year.
I'm embarrassed to admit that before I stumbled across this one on the intertubes the other day I was unfamiliar with not just the original but with Hughes himself. That said, on balance, and as spine-tingling as the Hughes version is, I think I still prefer the cover. Something about those harmonies, I suspect.
