Daptone Records Shares Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ Elegant “Call on God”

There’s something to be said about a singer who makes such a legendary impact within such a relatively short amount of time—that’s what Sharon Jones managed to do before her untimely death last year. As the artist behind Daptone Records’ first full-length release, Jones, with the help of her backing band, The Dap-Kings, made a name for herself as one of the greatest soul performers of all time, expressing the mood of her music not only through her voice, but also through the movements of her body.

Though Jones’ musical career spanned only 20 years while she was alive, Daptone has one more album of hers to release posthumously, Soul of a Woman, and from it, they’ve previously shared the up-tempo “Matter of Time.” Now, they’re slowing it down with “Call on God,” a gospel track driven by an elegant piano line and Jones’ flourishing, full-throated vocals. The origin of the song dates back to the 1970s, when Jones wrote the song for E.L. Fields’ Gospel Wonders, a choir she sang with at the Universal Church of God in New York City.