Aretha Franklin

[Chorus]
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
And i try
I tell ya, i try
Believe me, i try
I sure enough try
But i can't get no
I can't get no
No

[Verse 1]
When i'm driving in my car
And a man comes on the radio
Telling me more and more
About some useless information
That's supposed to power my imagination
I can't get no
Oh, no-no-no
Hey, what i say, yeah
Aw, baby, that's what i say
Yes, it is
Hey-hey-hey
Aw, baby, that's what i say
Sure enough
I tell you that

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Well, i don't know what i can do
When i just can't do no more
Each thing new and different i try
Seems to turn out to be one big bore

[Outro]
I can't get no
Oh, no-no-no
Hey, yeah-yay-hey
Oh, baby, that's what i say
Said i'm fed up
Hey-yeah-yeah
Oh, that's what i say
Yes, it is
I can't get me no satisfaction
All i need is some social reaction
Yeah, yeah
Ohh-ah-yeah
Hey, i can't get no satisfaction
I need social reaction
Yeah-yay
Ohh-ah-yeah

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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