"I'm Gonna Soothe You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Maria McKee, released in May 1993 by Geffen Records as the lead single from her second studio album, You Gotta Sin to Get Saved (1993).
[8] A reviewer from Cash Box noted its "steady rocking reassurance", adding that "the singer's crystal-line vocals cut straight to the heart".
[9] Pan-European magazine Music & Media considered it a "marked change of direction" for McKee, with which she "goes Stax R&B, and Black Crowes producer Drakoulias pushe[s] the right buttons".
"[11] Stuart Bailie of NME was more positive of the song, writing, "It's like an old Memphis stew, with attractive brass bits, gospel voices and the minor chords in joyful places, plus Maria ripping it up with style.
"[12] In a review of You Gotta Sin to Get Saved, Musician said, "The album opens with "I'm Gonna Soothe You," a mid-tempo ballad with enough 70s-redolent strings and horns that you might check to make sure the CD doesn't have a Hi insignia.