Which Aretha Franklin song features Donny Hathaway on electric piano?

The Aretha Franklin song featuring Donny Hathaway on electric piano is “Day Dreaming.”

Franklin wrote the song and recorded it for her 1972 album Young, Gifted and Black. Hathaway’s electric-piano part is one of the track’s defining instrumental colors, while Hubert Laws contributes flute. The combination gives the recording its dreamy, jazz-influenced atmosphere.

Released as a single in February 1972, “Day Dreaming” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Soul Singles chart for two weeks and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album version includes an extended atmospheric opening and ending; the shorter single edit removes much of that material for radio play.

A common mix-up is “Rock Steady,” another major Franklin hit from the same period and one of the answer choices. “Day Dreaming” was later associated with the Temptations’ Dennis Edwards, a connection Franklin confirmed publicly in 1999.