Best Aretha Franklin Songs – Top 10 All-Time

Aretha Franklin is an American (from Tennessee) R&B, Soul musician. Aretha’s nickname is the “Queen of Soul”. Aretha has had seventy-seven (77) charted songs making her the most charted female in music history. Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Did you know Aretha Franklin was also in feature films? She was in The Blues Brothers released in 1980 and the release in 1998 among other documentaries. Aretha’s number one songs started in 1967 with I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) and the last to date is Freeway of Love in 1985.

Best Aretha Franklin Songs

10. Ain’t No Way
Released in 1968
On Album Lady Soul
Did you you the song was written by Aretha’s sister Carolyn Franklin?

9. Baby, I Love You
Released in 1967
On Album Aretha Arrives
The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100.

8. Rock Steady
Released in 1971
On Album Young, Gifted and Black
The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

7. Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
Released in 1973
On Album Let Me in Your Life
The song tells a story of trying to get a lover back after leaving them.

6. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Released in 1967
On Album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
This song was Aretha’s first big hit and reached number nine.

5. I Say a Little Prayer
Released in 1967
On Album The Windows of the World
The song tells a story about a woman’s concern for her beau who’s serving in the Vietnam War.

4. Think
Released in 1968
On Album Aretha Now
Did you know this Sixties song is a feminist anthem?

3. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Released in 1967
On Album Lady Soul
The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.

2. Chain of Fools
Released in 1967
On Album Lady Soul
Chain of Fools is one of the greatest songs of all-time and proven by its Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

1. Respect
Released in 1967
On Album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
The song was originally released by Otis Redding in 1965. Aretha’s version of the song tells a story about how a woman who demands respect from her man.