Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Cupid | 2:30 | Sam Cooke | Cupid / Farewell, My Darling | Sam Cooke | Single |
| RCA Victor | 47-7883 |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:38 | Sam Cooke | Greatest Hits | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 67605-2 |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:38 | Sam Cooke | Greatest Hits | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 67605-2 RE |
| 1.5 | Cupid | 2:37 | Sam Cooke | Hits! | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 74321 783222 |
| 2.12 | Cupid | 2:37 | Sam Cooke | The Man Who Invented Soul | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 67911-2 |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:39 | Sam Cooke | Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 92642 |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:39 | Sam Cooke | Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 9872418 |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:39 | Sam Cooke | Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:39 | Sam Cooke | Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 9872418 |
| 2.3 | Cupid | 2:35 | Sam Cooke | Dreamboats and Petticoats Three | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5321430 |
| 1.6 | Cupid | 2:38 | Sam Cooke | Playlist: The Very Best of Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 6198 |
| 1.6 | Cupid | 2:38 | Sam Cooke | Playlist: The Very Best of Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Cupid | 2:38 | Sam Cooke | The Very Best of Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004) | 88697846762 |
| 2.12 | Cupid | 2:37 | Sam Cooke | The Man Who Invented Soul | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88697921492 |
| 1.12 | Cupid | 2:39 | Sam Cooke | Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.1 | Cupid | 2:40 | Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Album + Compilation | Global Journey | GJ7718 | |
Relationships
| producer: | Luigi Creatore Hugo Peretti |
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| banjo: | Joseph Gibbons (guitar player) |
| bass: | Clifford Hils (bass) |
| drums (drum set): | Earl Palmer |
| guitar: | Clifton White Joseph Gibbons (guitar player) René Hall |
| lead vocals: | Sam Cooke |
| conductor: | René Hall |
| arranger: | René Hall |
| recorded at: | RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1961-04-14) |
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| part of: | Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 18) (order: 18) Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 452) (order: 452) |
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| recording of: | Cupid |
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Related works
Cupid
| lyricist and composer: | Sam Cooke |
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| publisher: | ABKCO Music Ltd. ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) Kags Music Corp. |
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| later translated versions: | Tunnen tuoksuvan yön |
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