Choice of Colors

"Choice of Colors"
"Choice of Colors"
Single by The Impressions
from the album The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
B-side	"Mighty Mighty Spade & Whitey"
Released	1969
Genre	Soul
Length	3:18
Label	Curtom CR 1943
Songwriter(s)	Curtis Mayfield
Producer(s)	Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions singles chronology

"Choice of Colors" is a 1969 pop/soul song, written by Curtis Mayfield for The Impressions. The song hit #1 on Billboard's R&B chart for one week,^[1] and went to #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chart positions

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[2]	21
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles	1

^ Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004, 2004
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 406.

v t e The Impressions
Fred Cash Sam Gooden Reggie Torian Jerry Butler Curtis Mayfield Richard Brooks Arthur Brooks Leroy Hutson
Studio albums	The Impressions (1963) The Never Ending Impressions (1964) Keep On Pushing (1964) People Get Ready (1965) One by One (1965) Ridin' High (1966) The Fabulous Impressions (1967) We're a Winner (1968) This Is My Country (1968) The Versatile Impressions (1969) The Young Mods' Forgotten Story (1969) Three the Hard Way (1975)
Compilation albums	The Impressions' Greatest Hits (1965)
Singles	"For Your Precious Love" "Gypsy Woman" "It's All Right" "Keep On Pushing" "Amen" "People Get Ready" "We're a Winner" "Choice of Colors" "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)"
Other songs	"A Hundred Pounds of Clay" "I'm Still Waiting"
Related	Discography