Songs Similar to Respect by Aretha Franklin
Album: Aretha Franklin · Soul & Jazz · Energetic
Aretha Franklin's “Respect” from the album Aretha Franklin is a soul & jazz track with r&b roots that we file under energetic songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 115 BPM.
The closest match right now is “Think” by Aretha Franklin (100% match). The list also pulls in The Temptations, Sam & Dave, The Supremes and Dusty Springfield — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Aretha Franklin's. By genre, the list is mostly pop (6 of 20 tracks), with r&b and rock mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Respect”
What songs are similar to Respect?
On our list, the closest matches are “Think” by Aretha Franklin, “I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)” by Aretha Franklin and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Respect” by Aretha Franklin, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Respect sound like?
Based on listening data, “Respect” sits closest to Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Sam & Dave and The Supremes. Fans of Aretha Franklin play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Respect Soul & Jazz?
We file “Respect” by Aretha Franklin under Soul & Jazz, while music stores list its album under R&B. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Respect?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Respect” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.