Sweet Inspiration (The Sweet Inspirations song)

"Sweet Inspiration"
Side A of the US single
Single by the Sweet Inspirations
from the album The Sweet Inspirations
B-side"I'm Blue"
Released1967
Recorded1967
Length2:50
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Wallace Pennington, Lindon Oldham
Producer(s)Tom Dowd, Tommy Cogbill

Sweet Inspiration is the title of a Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham composition written for, and first recorded in 1967 by, the Sweet Inspirations. It became a Top 20 hit reaching #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1968, and a live version by Barbra Streisand, in medley with "Where You Lead", would also become a Top 40 hit.