A song people chose
Respect
by Aretha Franklin
137 people have chosen this as their last tune
R&B/Soul · 1967 · I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Why they chose it
"I want people to feel the riff in their chest."
"I want people to know I went out exactly as myself."
"This is the sound of getting back up after everything tried to knock me down."
"No other song comes close."
"This is the song that makes the bad days feel survivable."
"This is, in a way, my closing statement."
"No other song comes close."
"This is the one song that's always made me feel unstoppable."
"I'd rather be remembered through this than through a eulogy."
"I want this to be the last impression I leave."
"It says what I never could."
"It's the kind of song that makes you want to get up and move."
"This is the sound of getting back up after everything tried to knock me down."
"It's pure joy, start to finish."
"It's just a banger."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"This is the song I'd want playing when I arrive, wherever that is."
"It just feels like me."
"It's impossible to feel sad while this is playing."
"This song gets it. Gets me."