“Respect”  is a song written and originally released by Stax recording artist Otis Redding in 1965.  The song became a 1967 hit and signature song for R&B singer Aretha Franklin.  The music in the two versions is significantly different, and through a few minor changes in the lyrics, the stories told by the songs have a different flavor.  Franklin’s version is a declaration from a strong, confident woman, who knows that she has everything her man wants.  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 . . .”  In 2002, the Library of Congress honored Franklin’s version by adding it to the National Recording Registry.  (More from Wikipedia)