" Simply Beautiful" is a 1972 song by Al Green from his album I'm Still in Love with You.
Legacy
American R&B group Destiny's Child sampled the song on the track "Bridges" from their 1998 self-titled debut album. American singer Mary J. Blige's "PMS" sampled the song on her 2001 album,
No More Drama. It was sampled by producer
Kanye West for rapper
Talib Kweli's song "Good to You," on Kweli's 2002 album
Quality. American rap group
G-Unit also sampled the song on "Good to Me", from their mixtape,
Return of the Body Snatchers. American musician
Kid Cudi sampled the song on his track "Livin’ My Truth" from his 2022 album
Entergalactic.
Covers
In 2004,
Queen Latifah covered the song for her debut all singing album,
The Dana Owens Album.
Al Green himself provided vocals for a duet. The song was released as a music video, but was never officially released as a single.
In 2008, Maxwell appeared on the BET Awards, where he performed the song in a tribute to Al Green.
The band Fantômas often use the song as a filler.
Jazz singer José James covered the song on his 2014 album, While You Were Sleeping.
