Think (Aretha Franklin song)

"Think"
Side A of the US single
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album Aretha Now
A-side"Think"
B-side"You Send Me"
ReleasedMay 2, 1968
Genre
Length2:16
LabelAtlantic 2518
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jerry Wexler[3]
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Ain't No Way"
(1968) 		"Think"
(1968) 		"The House That Jack Built" / "I Say a Little Prayer"
(1968)

"Think" is a song written by American singer Aretha Franklin and Ted White, and first recorded by Franklin. It was released as a single in 1968, from her Aretha Now album. The song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Franklin's seventh top 10 hit in the United States. The song also reached number 1 on the magazine's Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles,[4] becoming her sixth single to top the chart. Franklin re-recorded the song in the Atlantic Records New York studio for the soundtrack of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and in 1989 for the album Through the Storm. Pitchfork placed it at number 15 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".[5]

Billboard described the single as a "pulsating swinger with another wild performance" that had a similar feel to "Respect" and which it expected would quickly reach a million sales.[6] Cash Box said it has "wailing lyrics of a hard-luck love affair" and "tremendous rhythmic drive."[7]

  1. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2017). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 15, 2023. ..."Think," a volcanic soul stomp that cries for freedom.
  2. ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 12, 2022. Franklin brings the funk with gospel fervor...
  3. ^ Jerry Wexler interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 215.
  5. ^ Tangari, Joe (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 19. May 11, 1968. p. 60. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "Record Reviews > Picks of the Week" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXIX, no. 41. May 11, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved January 12, 2022.