"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 #7 on Billboard Pop Singles Chart, becoming Aretha's seventh Top 10 hit in the United States. The song also reached #1 on the magazine's Black Singles Chart, becoming Aretha's sixth single to top that particular chart. The song was written by Franklin and Ted White. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American soul, R&B, and gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She has been called for many years The Queen Of Soul, but many also call her Lady Soul, as well as... See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ... Aretha Now is a 1968 album by soul musician, Aretha Franklin. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ...

Aretha also performed the song in a musical sequence of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a Saturday Night Live musical sketch. ...

The song on American Idol

It was also performed by not one, but two American Idol runner-ups: the first was Diana DeGarmo in season 3 in 2004, and two years later, in 2006, it was performed in season 5 by Katharine McPhee. AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... Diana Nicole DeGarmo (born June 16, 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer and Broadway actress. ... The third season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2004 and continued until May 26, 2004. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The fifth season of American Idol began on January 17, 2006 and concluded on May 24, 2006. ... Katharine Hope McPhee (born March 25, 1984) is an American Pop/R&B singer who was the runner-up to Taylor Hicks on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. ...

McPhee's version of the song was released as a limited single from the American Idol 5: Encores album. The song eventually became a minor internet hit for McPhee. The song would become McPhee's first song to chart on the Pop 100, where it only peaked at #90, due to download sales only, - since the song was not released to radio airplay. The song was not released as her first official single, since "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny" was confirmed to be so. The Pop 100 is a songs chart created in February 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... My Destiny is a pop song performed by American Idol season 5 contestant Katharine McPhee and written by Harry Sommerdahl, Hanne Sørvaag, and Tim Baxter. ...

Also, the song was performed by season 3's Fantasia Barrino and season 6's LaKisha Jones in their initial auditions. Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984), or simply Fantasia, is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer and Broadway actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. ... LaKisha Ann Jones[1] (born January 13, 1980) is a contestant on the sixth season of American Idol. ...

Chart performance

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American soul, R&B, and gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She has been called for many years The Queen Of Soul, but many also call her Lady Soul, as well as... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ...

Katharine McPhee