Complete List Of Aretha Franklin Songs From A to Z

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Aretha Franklin’s career stands as one of the defining achievements in American music. Born in Memphis and raised in Detroit, she grew up in a household filled with gospel, music, and civil rights activism. Her father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, was a nationally known preacher whose New Bethel Baptist Church welcomed prominent gospel singers and movement leaders. Aretha began singing in the church as a child and made the recordings that became Songs of Faith when she was fourteen.

Her move into secular music began after she signed with Columbia Records in 1960. Early albums including Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo and The Electrifying Aretha Franklin revealed her command of jazz, blues, standards, and popular song, although the major commercial breakthrough she was seeking did not arrive during those years. In 1966, she left Columbia for Atlantic Records and entered the period that would transform both her career and the sound of soul music.

Released in 1967, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You launched Franklin into international stardom. Her recording of “Respect” reached number one and became inseparable from the language of dignity, civil rights, and women’s independence. “Baby, I Love You,” “Chain of Fools,” “Think,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” followed in a remarkable succession of recordings that joined gospel intensity with rhythmic authority, vulnerability, and conviction.

Franklin remained prolific throughout the 1970s. Albums including Spirit in the Dark, Young, Gifted and Black, Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky), and Let Me in Your Life demonstrated how easily she could move between soul, gospel, jazz, pop, blues, and contemporary songwriting. “Rock Steady,” “Day Dreaming,” “Spanish Harlem,” and “Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)” extended her run of essential recordings, while Amazing Grace became the landmark gospel release of her career.

Across her career, Franklin released thirty-eight studio albums, along with the Sparkle soundtrack and a major body of live, gospel, compilation, and collaborative work. After a quieter commercial period near the end of the 1970s, she returned to the upper reaches of the charts with “Jump to It,” “Freeway of Love,” “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?,” and “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” her number-one duet with George Michael.

Franklin won eighteen Grammy Awards and received both the Grammy Legend Award and the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was honored by the Kennedy Center.

Her importance reached far beyond record sales and awards. “Respect” became a demand for dignity that crossed musical, political, and generational lines, while Franklin herself supported the civil rights movement and used her public stature on behalf of social causes. Her performances carried the authority of someone who understood that gospel, soul, and the struggle for equality were deeply connected.

Franklin was also an accomplished pianist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who took an active role in shaping her recordings. Her command of the keyboard was central to many of her greatest performances, and her ability to reinterpret another writer’s song could make it sound newly written for her voice and experience.

Her later years brought renewed recognition and unforgettable public appearances. At the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, her performance of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” became one of the most celebrated television moments of her final decade. Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014) was her final studio album. The 2017 release A Brand New Me paired archival Franklin vocals with newly recorded orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

When Aretha Franklin died in 2018, tributes from around the world reflected the scale of her impact. Her title as the Queen of Soul was not simply an honorific; it recognized a singer, musician, and cultural figure whose work permanently changed gospel, R&B, soul, pop, and the possibilities of vocal performance.

The list below preserves the supplied studio-album catalog while adding the omitted 1986 Aretha album, major non-album singles, soundtrack recordings, collaborations, early gospel recordings, and officially released archival songs. Ordinary remixes, instrumental versions, spoken introductions, and most live repetitions of songs already represented by studio recordings are excluded.

Complete List Of Aretha Franklin Songs From A to Z

Numbers

“14 Angels” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“96 Tears” – Aretha Arrives (1967)

A–E

“A Brand New Me” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“A Change” – Aretha Now (1968)
“A Change Is Gonna Come” – ARETHA (2021); previously unreleased studio recording
“A Deeper Love” – Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 (1994)
“A House Is Not a Home” – So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross (2005)
“A Little Bit of Soul” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“A Mother’s Love” – Soul Sister (1966)
“A Mother’s Love” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” – Lady Soul (1968)
“A Rose Is Still a Rose” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“A Song for You” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“A Summer Place” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“A Tender Touch” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“A Woman Falling Out of Love” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“Ain’t No Way” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Ain’t No Way” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“Ain’t Nobody Ever Loved You” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Ain’t Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“All Night Long” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“All of These Things” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“All the King’s Horses” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“An Angel Cries” – Aretha (1986)
“Angel” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“Angels We Have Heard on High” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“Another Night” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“April Fools” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Are You Sure” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Are You Sure (Rehearsal)” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“As Long as You Are There” – You (1975)
“At Last” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“Ave Maria” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“Baby, Baby, Baby” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Baby, I Love You” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“Back to Living Again” – New World Order (1996); Curtis Mayfield featuring Aretha Franklin
“Better Friends Than Lovers” – Get It Right (1983)
“Blue Holiday” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Border Song (Holy Moses)” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“The Boy from Bombay” – ARETHA (2021); previously unreleased recording
“Break It to Me Gently” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“Bridge over Troubled Water” – Aretha’s Greatest Hits (1971)
“Bring It On Home to Me” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“But Beautiful” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“By Myself” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Call Me” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“Can’t You Just See Me” – Soul Sister (1966)
“Carry the Flame” – Salt Lake City 2002 Official Music of the Games (2002)
“Chain of Fools” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Christmas Ain’t Christmas (Without the One You Love)” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“Christmas Here with You” – Christmas Here with You (1995); The Four Tops featuring Aretha Franklin
“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” – non-album single (1964)
“Close to You” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“Cold, Cold Heart” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“Come Back Baby” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Come to Me” – Aretha (1980)
“Come to Me” – Through the Storm (1989)
“Crazy He Calls Me” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Cry Like a Baby” – Soul Sister (1966)
“The Dark End of the Street” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“Day Dreaming” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“The Day Is Past and Gone” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“Deeper” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Do You Still Remember” – Aretha (1986)
“Doctor’s Orders” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“Don’t Cry, Baby” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Don’t Play That Song” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“Don’t Waste Your Time” – Mary (1999); Mary J. Blige featuring Aretha Franklin
“Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Drinking Again” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“Drown in My Own Tears” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Eight Days on the Road” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Eleanor Rigby” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“Elusive Butterfly” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Ever Changing Times” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“Every Girl (Wants My Guy)” – Get It Right (1983)
“Every Lil’ Bit Hurts” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“Every Little Bit Hurts” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“Every Natural Thing” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“Everyday People” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“Everyday People (Shep Pettibone Remix)” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“Evil Gal Blues” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“Exactly Like You” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)

F–J

“Faithful” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“Falling Out of Love” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“The Feeling” – La Diva (1979)
“First Snow in Kokomo” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Follow Your Heart” – Soul Sister (1966)
“For All We Know” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“Freeway of Love” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“Gentle on My Mind” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Get It Right” – Get It Right (1983)
“Gimme Your Love” – Through the Storm (1989)
“Giving In” – Get It Right (1983)
“God Bless the Child” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Going Down Slow” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“Good News” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“Good Times” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Good to Me as I Am to You” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Gotta Make It (Remix)” – I Gotta Make It (2005); Trey Songz featuring Aretha Franklin and Juvenile
“Groovin'” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Half a Love” – La Diva (1979)
“Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“He’ll Come Along” – Aretha (1986)
“He’s the Boy” – Through the Storm (1989)
“Hello Sunshine” – Aretha Now (1968)
“Her Little Heart Went to Loveland” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Here We Go Again” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“Hold On, I’m Comin'” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“Holdin’ On” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“Honest I Do” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Honey” – Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 (1994)
“Honey I Need Your Love” – La Diva (1979)
“Hooked on Your Love” – Sparkle (1976)
“The House That Jack Built” – Aretha’s Gold (1969); originally released as a 1968 single
“How Deep Is the Ocean” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” – Duets II (2011); with Tony Bennett
“How Glad I Am” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“How Long I’ve Been Waiting” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“How Many Times” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“I Apologize” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“I Can’t See Myself Leaving You” – Aretha Now (1968)
“I Can’t Turn You Loose” – Aretha (1980)
“I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“I Don’t Know You Anymore” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“I Dreamed a Dream” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“I Get High” – Sparkle (1976)
“I Got Your Love” – Get It Right (1983)
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” – Aretha (1986); with George Michael
“I’ll Dip” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“I’ll Fly Away” – Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute (1997)
“I’ll Never Be Free” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“I Love Every Little Thing About You” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“I’m Every Woman / Respect” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“I’m in Love” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“I’m Not Strong Enough to Love You Again” – You (1975)
“I’m Sitting on Top of the World” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“I’m Wandering” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“I’m Your Speed” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“I May Never Get to Heaven” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“I Needed You Baby” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“I Say a Little Prayer” – Aretha Now (1968)
“I Surrender, Dear” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“I Take What I Want” – Aretha Now (1968)
“I Told You So” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“I Wanna Be Around” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“I Wanna Make It Up to You” – Jump to It (1982)
“I Was Made for You” – La Diva (1979)
“I Will Survive (The Aretha Version)” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“I Wish It Would Rain” – Get It Right (1983)
“I Wonder” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“If Ever a Love There Was” – Through the Storm (1989)
“If Ever I Would Leave You” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“If I Had a Hammer” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“If I Lose” – White Men Can’t Jump soundtrack (1992)
“If I Should Lose You” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“If She Don’t Want Your Lovin'” – Jump to It (1982)
“If You Don’t Think” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“If You Need My Love Tonight” – Aretha (1986); with Larry Graham
“Impossible” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“In Case You Forgot” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“In the Morning” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“Integrity” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Introduction to Hard Times” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“It Ain’t Fair” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“It Hurts Like Hell” – Waiting to Exhale soundtrack (1995)
“It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be” – Through the Storm (1989)
“It Only Happens (When I Look at You)” – You (1975)
“It’s Gonna Get a Bit Better” – La Diva (1979)
“It’s Just a Matter of Time” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“(It’s Just) Your Love” – Jump to It (1982)
“It’s My Turn” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“It’s So Heartbreakin'” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“It’s Your Thing” – Jump to It (1982)
“Jim” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“Jimmy Lee” – Aretha (1986)
“Jump” – Sparkle (1976)
“Jump to It” – Jump to It (1982)
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” – Aretha (1986)
“Just for a Thrill” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Just for You” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Just My Daydream” – Jump to It (1982)
“Just Right Tonight” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)

K–O

“Keep On Loving You” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“Kind of Man” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“Ladies Only” – La Diva (1979)
“Lady, Lady” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“Land of Dreams” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Laughing on the Outside” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“Lee Cross” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Let It Be” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“Let Me in Your Life” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Living in the Streets” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“The Long and Winding Road” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Look for the Silver Lining” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Look into Your Heart” – Sparkle (1976)
“Look to the Rainbow” – Aretha (1986)
“The Lord Will Make a Way” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“Love All the Hurt Away” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“Love for Sale” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“Love Is the Only Thing” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Love Me Forever” – Aretha (1980)
“Love Me Right” – Jump to It (1982)
“Love Pang” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“Lover Come Back to Me” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Loving You Baby” – Sparkle (1976)
“Make Someone Happy” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“The Makings of You” – A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (1994)
“Mary Goes Round” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“The Masquerade is Over” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“Maybe I’m a Fool” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Maybe I’m a Fool (Take 4)” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Meadows of Springtime” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“Mercy” – Through the Storm (1989)
“Midnight Train to Georgia” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“Mister Spain” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“Misty” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“Mockingbird” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“Money Won’t Change You” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Moody’s Mood” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“More” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“More Than Just a Joy” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.)” – You (1975)
“Mr. Ugly” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“Muddy Water” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“Mumbles / I’ve Got the Music in Me” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“My Coloring Book” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“My Grown-Up Christmas List” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“My Guy” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“My Kind of Town (Detroit Is)” – ARETHA (2021); demo
“My Song” – non-album single (1968)
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Bobby soundtrack (2006); with Mary J. Blige
“Never Gonna Break My Faith (Boys Choir of Harlem Version)” – non-album single (2020)
“Never Grow Old” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“Never Leave You Again” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“Never Let Me Go” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“New Day” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“Night Life” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“Night Time Is the Right Time” – Aretha Now (1968)
“Niki Hoeky” – Lady Soul (1968)
“No Matter What” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“No Matter Who You Love” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“(No, No) I’m Losing You” – Soul Sister (1966)
“No One” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“No One Could Ever Love You More” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“Nobody Like You” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Nothing Compares 2 U” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“O Christmas Tree” – A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992)
“O Tannenbaum” – Big Band Holidays II (2019); Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis featuring Aretha Franklin
“Oh Baby” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Oh Me Oh My (I’m a Fool for You Baby)” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Oh No Not My Baby” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Ol’ Man River” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“Ol’ Man River” – Soul Sister (1966)
“Once in a Lifetime” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“One Night With the King” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“One Room Paradise” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“One Step Ahead” – non-album single (1965)
“One Way Ticket” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Only Star” – La Diva (1979)
“Only the Lonely” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“Only the One You Love” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“The Only Thing Missin'” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“Operation Heartbreak” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Over the Rainbow” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)

P–T

“People” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“People” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“People Get Ready” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Pitiful” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Precious Lord, Part 1” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“Precious Lord, Part 2” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“Pretender” – Get It Right (1983)
“Prove It” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“Pullin'” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Push” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Put It Back Together Again” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“Put You Up on Game” – Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen (2007); with Fantasia
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T” – Blues Brothers 2000 soundtrack (1998); with the Blues Brothers
“Ramblin'” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Reasons Why” – La Diva (1979)
“Remember Me” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Respect” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Right Now” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Right Now (Take 1)” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“River’s Invitation” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Rock-A-Lott” – Aretha (1986)
“Rock Steady” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
“Rock with Me” – Sparkle (1976)
“Rolling in the Deep (The Aretha Version)” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“Rough Lover” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Runnin’ Out of Fools” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“Satisfaction” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“Save Me” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Say It Isn’t So” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“School Days” – Aretha (1980)
“Search On” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“See Saw” – Aretha Now (1968)
“The Sha-La Bandit” – You (1975)
“Shangri-La” – Soft and Beautiful (1969)
“Share Your Love with Me” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“Silent Night” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“Sing It Again – Say It Again” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“Sister from Texas” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Sit Down and Cry” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“Skylark” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“So Damn Happy” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“So Long” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“So Swell When You’re Well” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“Solitude” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“Someday We’ll All Be Free” – Malcolm X soundtrack (1992)
“Someone Else’s Eyes” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“Something He Can Feel” – Sparkle (1976)
“Somewhere” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“Son of a Preacher Man” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“Soul Serenade” – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
“Soulville” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“Spanish Harlem” – Aretha’s Greatest Hits (1971)
“Sparkle” – Sparkle (1976)
“Spirit in the Dark” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Standing on the Rock of Love” – Bebe’s Kids soundtrack (1992)
“Sunshine Will Never Be the Same” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“Swanee” – Soul Sister (1966)
“Sweet Bitter Love” – Soul Sister (1966)
“Sweet Bitter Love” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Sweet Lover” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Sweet Passion” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“Sweet Sixteen” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone” – Lady Soul (1968)
“Take a Look” – Soul Sister (1966)
“Take It Like You Give It” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Take Me With You” – Aretha (1980)
“Teach Me Tonight” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“That’s All I Want from You” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“That’s Life” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“That’s the Way I Feel About Cha” – Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973)
“There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“There Is No Greater Love” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“There’s a Star for Everyone” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“Think” – Aretha Now (1968)
“Think (1989)” – Through the Storm (1989)
“This Bitter Earth” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“This Christmas” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“This Could Be the Start of Something” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“This Girl’s in Love with You” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“This Is for Real” – Jump to It (1982)
“This You Can Believe” – Almighty Fire (1978)
“This You Should Know” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Through the Storm” – Through the Storm (1989)
“Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It Easy for the Door)” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“‘Til It’s Over” – ARETHA (2021); demo
“Today I Love Ev’rybody” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“Today I Sing the Blues” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Today I Sing the Blues” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Together Again” – Aretha (1980)
“Touch Me Up” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“Tracks of My Tears” – Soul ’69 (1969)
“Trouble in Mind” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“Truth and Honesty” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“Try a Little Tenderness” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Try Matty’s” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” – This Christmas, Aretha (2008)
“Two Sides of Love” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)

U–Z

“U Can’t See Me” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“Unforgettable” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“United Together” – Aretha (1980)
“Until The Real Thing Comes Along” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Until You Say You Love Me” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Until You Were Gone” – Soul Sister (1966)
“Walk On By” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“Walk Softly” – You (1975)
“Watch My Back” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“The Way We Were” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“The Weight” – This Girl’s in Love with You (1970)
“What a Diff’rence a Day Made” – Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
“What a Fool Believes” – Aretha (1980)
“What Did You Give” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“What Have I Got to Lose” – Back Where I Belong (1983); The Four Tops featuring Aretha Franklin
“What I Did for Love” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“What If I Should Ever Need You” – La Diva (1979)
“What Now My Love” – Duets (1993); with Frank Sinatra
“What You See Is What You Sweat” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“Whatever It Is” – Aretha (1980)
“When 2 Become One” – A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011)
“When I Think About You” – Sweet Passion (1977)
“When the Battle Is Over” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“When They Ask About You” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“When You Get Right Down to It” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“When You Love Me Like That” – Get It Right (1983)
“Where Are You?” – Laughing on the Outside (1963)
“While the Blood Runs Warm” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“White Christmas” – Christmas Here with You (1995); The Four Tops featuring Aretha Franklin
“Who Needs You?” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Who Needs You? (Take 9)” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” – Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
“Whole Lot of Me” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“Why I Sing the Blues” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“Why Was I Born?” – Take It Like You Give It (1967)
“Willing to Forgive” – Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 (1994)
“The Wind” – ARETHA (2021); previously unreleased recording
“With Everything I Feel in Me” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“With Pen in Hand” – Let Me in Your Life (1974)
“Without Love” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“Without the One You Love” – The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962)
“Without The One You Love” – Yeah!!! (1965)
“Without You” – You (1975)
“The Woman” – A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
“Won’t Be Long” – Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1961)
“Wonderful” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“Yield Not to Temptation” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“You” – You (1975)
“You and Me” – Spirit in the Dark (1970)
“You Are My Joy” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“You Are My Joy (Reprise)” – So Damn Happy (2003)
“You Are My Sunshine” – Aretha Arrives (1967)
“You Brought Me Back to Life” – La Diva (1979)
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
“You Can’t Take Me for Granted” – What You See Is What You Sweat (1991)
“You Got All the Aces” – You (1975)
“You Grow Closer” – Songs of Faith (1956)
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” – Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
“You Light Up My Life” – ARETHA (2021); previously unreleased recording
“You’ll Lose a Good Thing” – Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
“You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“You Made Me Love You” – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962)
“You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)” – Soul Sister (1966)
“You Make My Life” – You (1975)
“You Move Me” – With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
“You’re a Sweet Sweet Man” – Aretha Now (1968)
“You’re All I Need to Get By” – Aretha’s Greatest Hits (1971)
“You Send Me” – Aretha Now (1968)
“You’ve Got a Friend” – Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King (1995); BeBe & CeCe Winans featuring Aretha Franklin
“Young, Gifted and Black” – Young, Gifted and Black (1972)