Breakfast in Bed was released in 2007 is the fifth studio album released by blues artist Joan Osborne

Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.-Biography:Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb...

. The album mostly contains soul cover songs from the 1970s and 1980s including "Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...

. The album also contains five original songs.

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Two cover songs that Osborne sang live from the documentary movie, Standing in the Shadows of Motown are featured at the end of this album: Martha and the Vandellas

Martha and the Vandellas

Martha and the Vandellas were among the most successful groups of the Motown roster during the period 1963–1967...

' "Heatwave

(Love is Like a) Heat Wave

" Heat Wave" is a 1963 hit single penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team and made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. It was originally released in July 1963, on the Motown subsidiary label Gordy, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot...

", and Jimmy Ruffin

Jimmy Ruffin

Jimmy Ruffin is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."-Life:...

's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the brokenhearted, and their struggle to overcome their sadness so that they...

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Track listing

1. I've Got to Use My Imagination
2. Ain't No Sunshine
   Ain't No Sunshine
   "Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, as well as Withers on lead vocals and guitar. The song was released as a single in September...
   
    (Bill Withers
   Bill Withers
   William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
   
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3. Midnight Train to Georgia
   Midnight Train to Georgia
   "Midnight Train to Georgia" is a 1973 number-one hit single by Gladys Knight & the Pips, their second release after departing Motown Records for Buddah Records...
   
   
4. Baby Is a Butterfly (Osborne)
5. Breakfast in Bed
   Breakfast in Bed
   "Breakfast in Bed" is a soul–R&B song written by Muscle Shoals songwriters Eddie Hinton and Donnie Fritts for Dusty Springfield. It takes a knowing spin on the line "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", the title of a song which had previously been a number one hit for her in the UK...
   
    (Eddie Hinton
   Eddie Hinton
   Eddie Hinton was an American songwriter and session musician best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers...
   
   /Donnie Fritts)
6. Cream Dream
7. Natural High
8. Heart of Stone (Osborne)
9. Sara Smile
10. Eliminate the Night (Osborne)
11. Break Up to Make Up
    Break Up to Make Up
    "Break Up to Make Up" was a 1973 hit by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Kenneth Gamble....
    
    
12. I Know What's Goin' On (Osborne)
13. Alone with You (Osborne)
14. Kiss and Say Goodbye
15. Heat Wave
16. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	160