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" Respect " is a song written and originally released by  Stax  recording artist  Otis Redding  in 1965. It also inspired major Jamaican artist Prince Buster  a very similar song of the same name, a  ska  classic released in 1965. "Respect" 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. Redding's version is a plea from a desperate man who will give his woman anything she wants. He won't care if she does him wrong, as long as he gets his due respect when he comes home ("respect" being a euphemism). However, Franklin's version is a declaration from a strong, confident woman who knows that she has everything her man wants. She never does him wrong, and demands his "respect". Franklin's version adds the "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" chorus and t