We're Gonna Make It (Little Milton song)

"We're Gonna Make It" is a 1965 R&B single written by Gene Barge, Billy Davis, Raynard Miner & Carl William Smith,^[1] and performed by Little Milton. The single is the only Top 40 entry of Little Milton's career and his highest charting R&B single, spending three weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart.^[2]

"We're Gonna Make It"
Single by Little Milton
from the album We're Gonna Make It
B-side	"Can't Hold Back the Tears"
Released	1965
Recorded	1965
Studio	Chess Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Blues
Length	2:32
Label	Checker
Songwriter(s)	Gene Barge, Billy Davis, Raynard Miner & Carl William Smith
Little Milton singles chronology
"Blind Man" (1964) "We're Gonna Make It" (1965) "Who's Cheating Who?" (1965)

Song Background

The lyrics of the song offer a civil-rights metaphor, depicting the signs of the time period in which the song was released.^[3]

Cover Versions

• The song was later covered by Millie Jackson on her 1982 album Hard Times.

Chart positions

Chart (1965)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	25
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	1

References

1. Sullivan, Steve (2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 384.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 355.
3. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. New York: Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 5.