| # | Titolo | Artista | Valutazione | Durata |
|---|
| 1 | Forty Acres and a Mule | Oscar Brown Jr. | | 3:28 |
| 2 | People Get Ready | The Impressions | 4 | 2:40 |
| 3 | Nobody Can Turn Me Around | The Mighty Clouds of Joy | | 2:10 |
| 4 | I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free) | Solomon Burke | | 2:52 |
| 5 | Respect- tecnico di registrazione:
- Tom Dowd (il 1967-02-14)
- produttore:
- Jerry Wexler
- batteria :
- Roger Hawkins (il 1967-02-14)
- chitarra :
- Jimmy Johnson (il 1967-02-14)
- chitarra basso :
- Tommy Cogbill (il 1967-02-14)
- cornetta :
- Melvin Lastie (il 1967-02-14)
- organo :
- Spooner Oldham (il 1967-02-14)
- pianoforte :
- Aretha Franklin (il 1967-02-14)
- sassofono baritono :
- Willie Bridges (il 1967-02-14)
- sassofono tenore :
- Charles Chalmers (il 1967-02-14) e King Curtis (il 1967-02-14)
- voce:
- Aretha Franklin (il 1967-02-14)
- voce di accompagnamento:
- Carolyn Franklin (il 1967-02-14) e Erma Franklin (il 1967-02-14)
- direttore d'orchestra:
- Tom Dowd (il 1967-02-14)
- arrangiatore:
- Tom Dowd e Arif Mardin
- diritti fonografici (℗) detenuti da:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (nel 1967) e WEA International Inc. (nel 1967)
- registrata presso:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, Stati Uniti (il 1967-02-14)
- parte di:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (numero: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (numero: 5), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (numero: 21), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (numero: 52) e Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- registrazione cover di:
- Respect (il 1967-02-14)
- paroliere e compositore:
- Otis Redding
- editore:
- Cotillion Music Inc. , East-Time-Walco, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell e Warner/Chappell North America
| Aretha Franklin | 3.9 | 2:26 |
| 6 | The Motor City Is Burning | John Lee Hooker | 2.5 | 2:52 |
| 7 | Cryin’ in the Streets, Part 1 | George Perkins & The Silver Stars | | 3:20 |
| 8 | Abraham, Martin, and John | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | | 3:04 |
| 9 | The Prayer | Ray Scott | | 3:40 |
| 10 | Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud, Part 1 | James Brown | | 3:02 |
| 11 | And Black Is Beautiful | Nickie Lee | | 3:02 |
| 12 | Sock It to ’em Soul Brother | Bill Moss | | 2:27 |
| 13 | Why I Sing the Blues, Part 1 | B.B. King | | 3:44 |
| 14 | I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I’ll Get It Myself), Part 1 | James Brown | | 3:14 |
| 15 | Stand! | Sly & the Family Stone | 3.5 | 3:08 |
| 16 | Message From a Black Man | The Temptations | | 6:00 |
| 17 | Is It Because I’m Black | Syl Johnson | | 3:58 |
| 18 | I Was Born Blue | Swamp Dogg | | 3:02 |
| 19 | Yes, We Can, Part 1 | Lee Dorsey | 5 | 3:31 |
| 20 | We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue | Curtis Mayfield | 4 | 6:06 |
| 21 | Young, Gifted, and Black | Bob & Marcia | | 3:14 |