A song people chose
by Aretha Franklin
61 people have chosen this as their last tune
Why they chose it
Respect
Aretha Franklin
"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."
"I want this to be the last good thing people hear."
"It's imperfect and messy and that's the point."
"It's the song that got me through by sheer force."
"This song says more about who I was than I ever could."
"This is, in a way, my closing statement."
"It's a song about hope, and that's what I want to leave behind."
"It's the sound of refusing to go quietly."
"It's raw and unpolished and that's exactly the point."
"It's just always felt like it belonged to me."
"Out of everything I've ever loved, this stays."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"This one's mine. Always has been."