Respect (track)
by Aretha Franklin
Year: 1967
From the album I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You (track #1)
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Respect appears on the following album(s) by Aretha Franklin:
- I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You (track #1) (this album) (1967)
- Queen Of Soul (track #4) (compilation) (1992)
- Aretha Live At Fillmore West (track #1) (1971)
- Aretha's Gold (track #3) (compilation) (1969)
- Greatest Hits (track #2) (compilation) (1998)
- Aretha In Paris (track #13) (1968)
- Ten Years Of Gold (track #2) (compilation) (1976)
- Aretha's Greatest Hits (track #9) (compilation) (1971)
- 30 Greatest Hits (track #2) (compilation) (1985)
- Respect: The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin (track #1) (compilation) (2003)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2026 11:52 | Siromynian | 19,172 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 16:50 | ChrisM75633 | 121 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2026 22:57 | Rivera | 302 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.6/100, a mean average of 90.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.5.
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Squonk007 04/17/2022 11:07 | #284320
Great song, one of her best.
Goliath 11/06/2021 16:06 | #275921
Widely regarded as Aretha's best track, it's a classic, but 'I Say A Little Prayer' is her best. Otis Redding's original version has a slightly different message. Number 27 on my chart of the most iconic songs. And no, Rolling Stone magazine, it's not the best song of all time, you've got that completely wrong, as per usual.....
VictorVale 01/01/2019 11:53 | #228457
Marco da música negra americana da identidade negra americana.
Una explosión de ritmo y de potencia, vocal y sonora. Genial.
Otis Redding did a version of this? Weird.
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