Am I the Same Girl?

Barbara Acklin recorded "Am I the Same Girl" for Chicago soul label Brunswick Records. Before Acklin's original was released, however, producer Carl Davis removed her voice from the track, replaced it with a piano solo by Floyd Morris, and released it in November 1968 as "Soulful Strut". The instrumental was a major hit, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. "Soulful Strut" remains the most popular version of the song to have charted in the United States. Acklin's version was comparatively unsuccessful after its February 1969 release, as it only reached number 67 on the pop chart and number 33 on the R&B chart.