Written in:
1965 by Otis ReddingOriginally released on:
"Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul" a Volt album released in 1965The Aretha Franklin album "I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You" released on Columbia Records in 1967
Badfinger/Iveys cover versions:
None releasedAbout The The Song:
According to Ed Ward et al's Rock of the Ages (Rolling Stone History of R&R),"Respect" which was written by Otis Redding, "evolved from a conversation between Redding and drummer Al Jackson, `We were speaking aboiut life in general, the ups and downs and what have you,' Jackson said in a Rolling Stone interview. `I said, What are you gripibng ab out, you're on the road all the time, all you can look for is a little respect when you come home.' He wrote the tune from our conversation. We laughed about it quite a few times. In fact, Otis laughed about it all the way to the bank."
Of Aretha Franklin's "cross-over" version, they note, it "soared to the top of the pop and R&B charts; early in the summer of 1967 it was number one with EVERYONE, and the album, I Never Loved a Man, also went gold.... THe bestselling single, and most of the album, were secular R&B in content, but their feel was straight out of Reb. C. L. Franklin's church. The singer's emotions --grief, delight, pride,sorrow-beyond-measure yoked inextricably with ecstasy-- were palpable in a way that made the also-rans on the charts seem pallid and attenuated-- including the offerings from the label [Motown] that had conclusively proved that black crossover was possible."
Iveys performed the song for a BBC recording around 1968.
Otis Reddings own version is a lot different from The Iveys'