Otis Redding sings 'Respect' from his 1965 Volt album 'Otis Blue / Otis Sings Soul'. This great song written by Redding became, in Aretha Franklin's 1967 cover, one of the most important soul songs. The lyrics and notes on the song are below. [Vinyl/14-Images/WAV]
Respect (Singer: Otis Redding)
What you want, honey you got it
And what you need, baby you got it
All I'm askin' is for a little respect when I come home
Hey now, hey hey hey, yeah now
Do me wrong honey, if you wanna
You can do me wrong, honey while I'm gone
But all I'm askin' is for a little respect when I come home
Hey now, hey hey hey, yeah now
Hey little girl, you're so sweeter than honey
And I'm about to give you all my money
But all I'm askin', hey
Is a little respect when I come home
Hey little girl, you're sweeter than honey
And I'm about to give you all of my money
But all I want you to do
Is a little respect when I get home
Respect is what I want
Respect is what I need
Respect is what I want
Respect is what I need
Got to, got to have it . . .
Songwriter: Otis Redding
[Lyrics from azlyrics.com]
Personnel: Otis Redding – lead vocals, Booker T. Jones – keyboards, piano, Isaac Hayes – keyboards, piano, Steve Cropper – guitar, Donald Dunn – bass guitar, Al Jackson Jr. – drums, Wayne Jackson – trumpet, Gene "Bowlegs" Miller – trumpet, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone, Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone, William Bell – backing vocals, Earl Sims – backing vocals, Steve Cropper – producer, Tom Dowd - engineer.
Wikipedia states:
"Respect" is a song written and originally released by American recording artist Otis Redding in 1965. The song became a 1967 hit and signature song for soul singer Aretha Franklin. The music in the two versions is significantly different, and through a few changes in the lyrics, the stories told by the songs have a different flavor. Redding's version is a plea from a desperate man, who will give his woman anything she wants. He won't care if she does him wrong, as long as he gets his due respect when he brings money home. However, Franklin's version is a declaration from a strong, confident woman, who knows that she has everything her man wants. She never does him wrong, and demands his "respect". Franklin's version adds the "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" chorus and the backup singers' refrain of "Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me...".
Franklin's cover was a landmark for the feminist movement, and is often considered one of the best songs of the R&B era, earning her two Grammy Awards in 1968 for "Best Rhythm & Blues Recording" and "Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female", and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2002, the Library of Congress honored Franklin's version by adding it to the National Recording Registry. It was placed number five on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". It was also included in the list of "Songs of the Century", by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. Franklin included a live recording on the album Aretha in Paris (1968).
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