(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | ||||
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Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
| from the album Lady Soul | ||||
| B-side | "Baby, Baby, Baby" | |||
| Released | September 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Studio | American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler | |||
| Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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| Lyric video | ||||
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" on YouTube | ||||
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is a 1967 song by American soul singer Aretha Franklin released as a single by the Atlantic label from her album Lady Soul. The lyrics were written by Gerry Goffin from an idea by Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler, and the music was composed by Carole King. Written for Franklin, the record reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became one of her signature songs. It made history on the UK Singles Chart a week after her death, finally becoming a hit almost 51 years after it was first released, entering at No. 79. Franklin also included a live recording on the album Aretha in Paris in 1968.
King herself recorded the song for her 1971 album Tapestry. The numerous cover versions of the song include recordings by Mary J. Blige and Celine Dion, both of which charted in the same year (1995). At the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, Franklin performed the song to honor award-recipient King.