Think (Aretha Franklin song)

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"Think" is the name of a hit single released by American R&B/soul musician Aretha Franklin in 1968, from her Aretha Now album. The song, a feminist anthem, reached No. 7 on Billboard Pop Singles Chart, becoming Franklin's seventh Top 10 hit in the United States. The song also reached No. 1 on the magazine's Black Singles Chart, becoming her sixth single to top the chart. The song was written by Franklin and Ted White. Franklin re-recorded the song in 1989 for the album "Through the Storm".

In popular culture

• Franklin lip-synched to a new, longer version of the song in a musical sequence of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. This version appears on the film soundtrack album, and in addition to Franklin's singing, features backup vocals from Franklin's sisters, Carolyn and Erma, and a recurring sax riff performed by Blues Brothers saxophonist Lou Marini. Because Franklin was unused to lip-syncing, this sequence required a number of takes and considerable editing.Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers, documentary feature on 1998 DVD and 25th Anniversary DVD (2005).
• Franklin re-recorded the song for Mothers Against Drunk Driving as a public service announcement during the late 1980s.
• Aretha Franklin's recording features in The Edge of Reason (2004).
• a sound-alike was featured in a 2010 TV commercial for Big Lots, rewriting the lyrics to......
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