| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Respect- recording engineer:
- Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14)
- producer:
- Jerry Wexler
- baritone saxophone:
- Willie Bridges (on 1967-02-14)
- bass guitar:
- Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-02-14)
- cornet:
- Melvin Lastie (on 1967-02-14)
- drums (drum set):
- Roger Hawkins (on 1967-02-14)
- guitar:
- Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-02-14)
- organ:
- Spooner Oldham (on 1967-02-14)
- piano:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- tenor saxophone:
- Charles Chalmers (on 1967-02-14) and King Curtis (on 1967-02-14)
- background vocals:
- Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-02-14) and Erma Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- conductor:
- Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14)
- arranger:
- Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1967) and WEA International Inc. (in 1967)
- recorded at:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-02-14)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 5), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 21), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 52) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- cover recording of:
- Respect (on 1967-02-14)
- lyricist and composer:
- Otis Redding
- publisher:
- Cotillion Music Inc. , East-Time-Walco, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner/Chappell North America
| Aretha Franklin | 3.9 | 2:26 |
| 2 | Soul Man- recorded in:
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-08-10)
- producer:
- Isaac Hayes, David Porter and Jim Stewart
- instruments:
- Booker T. & the MG’s (in 1967) and The Mar‐Keys Horns (in 1967)
- lead vocals:
- Sam Moore (in 1967) and David Prater (in 1967)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- HHO Recordings Ltd., WEA International Inc. (in 1966) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1967)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 458)
- recording of:
- Soul Man (on 1967-08-10)
- writer:
- Isaac Hayes (in 1967) and David Porter (in 1967)
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing , Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Rondor Music Ltd. , Walden Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell North America, Almo Music Corp. (in 1986) and Walden Music Corp. (in 1986)
| Sam & Dave | 4.5 | 2:40 |
| 3 | (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay- producer:
- Jerry Bruckheimer, Steve Cropper and Don Simpson
- bass guitar:
- Donald “Duck” Dunn (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- drums (drum set):
- Al Jackson, Jr. (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- guitar:
- Steve Cropper (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- keyboard:
- Isaac Hayes (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07) and Booker T. Jones (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- vocals:
- Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- whistling:
- Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- WEA International Inc. and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1968)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 26), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 38), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 44) and Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 45)
- recording of:
- (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- writer:
- Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
- publisher:
- East Publishing Inc., East/Memphis Music Corp., Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (Australia), Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Warner Bros. , Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music , Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division , Yamaha Music EH(CM) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
| Otis Redding | 4.2 | 2:44 |
| 4 | It’s Your Thing | The Isley Brothers | 4.35 | 2:49 |
| 5 | Proud Mary | Ike & Tina Turner | 4.65 | 4:58 |
| 6 | Ain’t No Sunshine | Bill Withers | 4.55 | 2:05 |
| 7 | Me and Mrs. Jones | Billy Paul | 4.5 | 4:48 |
| 8 | Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (single version) | The Temptations | 3.4 | 6:59 |
| 9 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 4.5 | 4:38 |
| 10 | This Will Be (an Everlasting Love) | Natalie Cole | 3.5 | 2:52 |
| 11 | Best of My Love | The Emotions | 4.15 | 3:42 |
| 12 | Last Dance | Donna Summer | 3.7 | 3:21 |
| 13 | After the Love Has Gone- producer:
- Maurice White
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1979)
- samples from:
- I Am by Earth, Wind & Fire (in 1979)
- recording of:
- After the Love Has Gone
- writer:
- Bill Champlin, David Walter Foster and Jay Graydon
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., Foster Frees Music, Fozbeats Music, Garden Rake Music, Inc., Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Music Sales Corporation , Ninth Music and Noted for the Record
- sub-publisher:
- Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
| Earth, Wind & Fire | 3.15 | 4:26 |
| 14 | Sexual Healing- assistant engineer:
- Henri Van Durme and Didier Leonard
- engineer:
- Dan Bates (wind instruments [horns]), Mike Butcher and John Kovorak
- executive producer:
- Larkin Arnold
- producer:
- Marvin Gaye
- mixer and editor:
- Harvey Fuqua
- bell [bells], bell [orchestra bells], bongos, congas, drums (drum set), electric piano [Fender Rhodes], finger cymbals, glockenspiel, organ and synthesizer:
- Marvin Gaye
- guitar:
- Gordon Banks
- wind instruments [horns]:
- The L.A. Horn Section and David Stout
- background vocals:
- Gordon Banks, Harvey Fuqua and Marvin Gaye
- vocals:
- Marvin Gaye
- conductor:
- McKinley T. Jackson (wind instruments [horns])
- wind instruments [horns] arranger:
- McKinley T. Jackson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1982), Columbia Records (in 1982), Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1982) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Arco Studios in München , Bayern , Germany (lead vocals, background vocals), Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States (wind instruments [horns]), Studio Katy in Waterloo, Brabant wallon , Wallonie , Belgium and Studio Katy in Waterloo, Brabant wallon , Wallonie , Belgium (lead vocals, background vocals)
- mixed at:
- Studio Katy in Waterloo, Brabant wallon , Wallonie , Belgium
- edited at and remixed at:
- Devonshire Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 198) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 231)
- recording of:
- Sexual Healing
- writer:
- Odell Brown, Marvin Gaye and David Ritz
- publisher:
- April Music Publishing Inc., Blackwood Music Inc. , Bugpie Music Publishing, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd. and April Music Inc. (in 1982)
| Marvin Gaye | 3.75 | 4:01 |
| 15 | Ain’t Nobody | Chaka Khan & Rufus | 3.7 | 4:43 |
| 16 | Nightshift- choir vocals [background vocal chorus]:
- Gregory Alexander, Ambrose Price, Tracy Augcomfar, Debbie Garrett, Doris Garrett, Patricia Hamlin, Philip Ingram, William King , Dennis Lambert, Ronald LaPread, J.D. Nicholas, Walter Orange, Darryl Phinnessee, Sheldon Reynolds and David Swanson
- performer:
- J.D. Nicholas and Walter Orange
- recording of:
- Nightshift
- writer:
- Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange
- arranger:
- Peter Wolf
- publisher:
- BMG Platinum Songs US, Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Franne Golde Music, Reservoir Media Music, Rightsong Music Inc., Universal Music Careers, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
| Commodores | 4.35 | 5:04 |