"Respect"

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single song soul song

"Respect" is a landmark soul song, popularized by Aretha Franklin, that became an enduring anthem of empowerment and civil rights.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Respect	0
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me	1
Respect (soundtrack)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ soul song ⓘ
album	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement second-wave feminism ⓘ surface form: women's liberation movement
award	Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
B-side	Dr. Feelgood ⓘ
callSignificance	signature song of Aretha Franklin ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB	1 ⓘ
composer	Otis Redding ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	became a feminist anthem ⓘ became a key song of the American civil rights movement ⓘ
describedAs	anthem of empowerment ⓘ civil rights anthem ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
GrammyAwardYear	1968 ⓘ
GrammyHallOfFameInductionYear	1987 ⓘ
hasNotableInstrument	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ
hasNotableVocalFeature	call-and-response backing vocals ⓘ
inductedInto	Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame
language	English ⓘ
leadVocalist	Aretha Franklin ⓘ
length	approximately 2:26 ⓘ
lyricalTheme	civil rights ⓘ demand for respect in a relationship ⓘ female empowerment ⓘ
notableLyric	"Respect" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me
originalPerformer	Otis Redding ⓘ
originalReleaseYear	1965 ⓘ
performer	Aretha Franklin ⓘ
popularizedBy	Aretha Franklin ⓘ
producer	Jerry Wexler ⓘ
rankedBy	Rolling Stone ⓘ
recordingArtist	Aretha Franklin ⓘ
recordLabel	Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear	1967 ⓘ
RollingStone500GreatestSongsRank_2004	5 ⓘ
RollingStone500GreatestSongsRank_2021	1 ⓘ
side	A-side ⓘ
spellingGimmick	spells the word RESPECT in the chorus ⓘ
writer	Otis Redding ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

JHUD → followedBy → "Respect" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Respect (soundtrack)

Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableRecording → "Respect" ⓘ

"Respect" → notableLyric → "Respect" self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Respect

this entity surface form: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me