"From a Request to a Demand"

"The song still has America's number, too. There's a sharper pang to its singer's passing at a juncture when respect seems in especially thin supply in its political culture. After more than 50 years, the planet seems far away from running out of fools, and it's down one more inimitable genius."

Upon the death of Aretha Franklin, Carl Wilson in Slate calls "Respect" "the greatest cover song of all time."