I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - wikipedia I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Studio album by Aretha Franklin Released March 10, 1967 Recorded January 10 -- February 26, 1967 Studio FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Atlantic Recording Studios, ( New York City, New York Genre Southern soul R&B Length 32 : 51 Label Atlantic Producer Jerry Wexler Aretha Franklin chronology Take It Like You Give It ( 1967 ) I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ( 1967 ) Aretha Arrives ( 1967 ) Singles from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' Released : February 10, 1967 `` Respect '' Released : April 16, 1967 `` Baby, Baby, Baby '' Released : August 4, 1967 `` Do Right Woman, Do Right Man '' Released : October 23, 1967 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic The Village Voice `` Respect '' Aretha Franklin version of Otis Redding 's `` Respect '' from I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Problems playing this file ? See media help. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the tenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on March 10, 1967, by Atlantic Records ( her first with that label ), it went to number 2 on the Billboard album chart and number 1 on the magazine 's Top R&B Selling chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1967. It received a number 83 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine 's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ( 2005 ) and 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die ( 2008 ). When Rolling Stone listed the `` Women in Rock : 50 Essential Albums '' in 2002 and again 2012, the album listed at number one. The album included two top - 10 singles : `` Respect '' was a No. 1 single on Billboard 's Hot 100 Pop singles chart, and `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' peaked at number 9. The album was rated the 10th best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork. Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 See also 6 References Reception In 1967, Rolling Stone chided the album for `` the lack of versatility on the part of the sidemen. The drums were n't hard enough, the guitar was weak, and the production lacked polish. '' In 2002, though, they placed the album at No. 1 on their `` Women in Rock : 50 Essential Albums '' list. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 83 on Rolling Stone 's list of `` The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ''. Q magazine ( 1 / 03, p. 54 ) included the album in their list of the `` 100 Greatest Albums Ever ''. Q ( 7 / 93, p. 106 ) also gave the album 4 stars and said `` ( the album ) came out in May 1967 and was number 2 in America within weeks... now it stands untainted by time. She seemed so much a force of nature it 's strange to recall that this was actually her tenth album... '' Track listing Side one No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Respect '' Otis Redding 2 : 29 2. `` Drown in My Own Tears '' Henry Glover 4 : 07 3. `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' Ronnie Shannon 2 : 51 4. `` Soul Serenade '' King Curtis, Luther Dixon 2 : 39 5. `` Do n't Let Me Lose This Dream '' Aretha Franklin, Ted White 2 : 23 6. `` Baby Baby Baby '' Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin 2 : 54 Side two No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 7. `` Dr. Feelgood '' Aretha Franklin, Ted White 3 : 23 8. `` Good Times '' Sam Cooke 2 : 10 9. `` Do Right Woman, Do Right Man '' Dan Penn, Chips Moman 3 : 16 10. `` Save Me '' Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, King Curtis 2 : 21 11. `` A Change Is Gonna Come '' Sam Cooke 4 : 20 show 1995 reissue bonus tracks No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 12. `` Respect '' ( Stereo version ) Otis Redding 2 : 28 13. `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' ( Stereo version ) Ronnie Shannon 2 : 47 14. `` Do Right Woman, Do Right Man '' ( Stereo version ) Dan Penn, Chips Moman 3 : 14 Personnel Aretha Franklin -- piano, vocals Spooner Oldham -- keyboards, piano Jimmy Johnson, Chips Moman -- guitar Tommy Cogbill -- bass guitar Gene Chrisman, Roger Hawkins -- drums Melvin Lastie -- trumpet Charles Chalmers, King Curtis -- tenor saxophone Willie Bridges -- baritone saxophone Carolyn Franklin -- background vocals Erma Franklin - background vocals Cissy Houston -- background vocals Production Produced by Rick Hall ( FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL ) Engineered by Tom Dowd See also List of number - one R&B albums of 1967 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You at AllMusic Jump up ^ Christgau, Robert ( December 20, 1976 ). `` Christgau 's Consumer Guide to 1967 ''. The Village Voice. New York. p. 69. Retrieved June 22, 2013. Jump up ^ Tatangelo, Wade ( August 16, 2018 ). `` Aretha Franklin remembered by Sarasota 's Jerry Wexler, her legendary producer ''. Sarasota Herald. Retrieved August 23, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s Pitchfork ''. pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Aretha '' by Jon Landau. Rolling Stone Vol. 1 No. 2 ; November 23, 1967 p16 Aretha Franklin Studio albums Columbia Aretha ( 1961 ) The Electrifying Aretha Franklin ( 1962 ) The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin ( 1962 ) Laughing on the Outside ( 1963 ) Unforgettable : A Tribute to Dinah Washington ( 1964 ) Runnin ' Out of Fools ( 1964 ) Yeah ! ! ! ( 1965 ) Soul Sister ( 1966 ) Take It Like You Give It ( 1967 ) Take a Look ( 1967 ) Soft and Beautiful ( 1969 ) Atlantic I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ( 1967 ) Aretha Arrives ( 1967 ) Lady Soul ( 1968 ) Aretha Now ( 1968 ) Soul ' 69 ( 1969 ) This Girl 's in Love with You ( 1970 ) Spirit in the Dark ( 1970 ) Young, Gifted and Black ( 1972 ) Hey Now Hey ( The Other Side of the Sky ) ( 1973 ) Let Me in Your Life ( 1974 ) With Everything I Feel in Me ( 1974 ) You ( 1975 ) Sparkle ( 1976 ) Sweet Passion ( 1977 ) Almighty Fire ( 1978 ) La Diva ( 1979 ) A Brand New Me ( 2017 ) Arista Aretha ( 1980 ) Love All the Hurt Away ( 1981 ) Jump to It ( 1982 ) Get It Right ( 1983 ) Who 's Zoomin ' Who ? ( 1985 ) Aretha ( 1986 ) Through the Storm ( 1989 ) What You See Is What You Sweat ( 1991 ) A Rose Is Still a Rose ( 1998 ) So Damn Happy ( 2003 ) Other Songs of Faith ( 1965 ) This Christmas, Aretha ( 2008 ) A Woman Falling Out of Love ( 2011 ) Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics ( 2014 ) Live albums Aretha in Paris ( 1968 ) Aretha Live at Fillmore West ( 1971 ) Amazing Grace ( 1972 ) One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ( 1987 ) Oh Me Oh My : Aretha Live in Philly, 1972 ( 2007 ) Compilation albums Aretha 's Gold ( 1969 ) Aretha 's Greatest Hits ( 1971 ) The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 1973 ) Aretha Sings the Blues ( 1980 ) 30 Greatest Hits ( 1985 ) Greatest Hits : 1980 -- 1994 ( 1994 ) The Very Best of Aretha Franklin, Vol. 1 ( 1994 ) The Early Years ( 1997 ) Greatest Hits ( 1998 ) Aretha 's Best ( 2001 ) Respect : The Very Best of Aretha Franklin ( 2002 ) Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul ( 2007 ) Jewels in the Crown : All - Star Duets with the Queen ( 2007 ) A Deeper Love : The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 2009 ) The Great American Songbook ( 2011 ) Knew You Were Waiting : The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 1980 - 1998 ) ( 2012 ) Box sets Queen of Soul : The Atlantic Recordings ( 1992 / 2014 ) Take A Look : Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia ( 2011 ) Singles `` Precious Lord ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1959 ) `` Today I Sing the Blues '' ( 1960 ) `` Wo n't Be Long '' ( 1960 ) `` Rock - a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody '' ( 1961 ) `` Operation Heartbreak '' ( 1961 ) `` I Surrender, Dear '' ( 1962 ) `` Try a Little Tenderness '' ( 1962 ) `` Say It Is n't So '' ( 1963 ) `` Skylark '' ( 1963 ) `` The Christmas Song ( Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ) '' ( 1964 ) `` One Step Ahead '' ( 1965 ) `` You Made Me Love You '' ( 1965 ) `` Mockingbird '' ( 1967 ) `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' ( 1967 ) `` Respect '' ( 1967 ) `` Baby I Love You '' ( 1967 ) `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' ( 1967 ) `` Do Right Woman, Do Right Man '' `` Chain of Fools '' ( 1967 ) `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' ( 1968 ) `` ( Sweet Sweet Baby ) Since You 've Been Gone '' ( 1968 ) `` Think '' ( 1968 ) `` You Send Me '' ( 1968 ) `` The House That Jack Built '' ( 1968 ) `` I Say a Little Prayer '' ( 1968 ) `` See Saw '' ( 1968 ) `` My Song '' ( 1968 ) `` The Weight '' ( 1969 ) `` Tracks of My Tears '' ( 1969 ) `` I Ca n't See Myself Leaving You '' ( 1969 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 1969 ) `` Share Your Love with Me '' ( 1969 ) `` Eleanor Rigby '' ( 1969 ) `` Call Me '' ( 1970 ) `` Son of a Preacher Man '' ( 1970 ) `` Spirit in the Dark '' ( 1970 ) `` The Thrill Is Gone '' ( 1970 ) `` Do n't Play That Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Border Song ( Holy Moses ) '' ( 1970 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1971 ) `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' ( 1971 ) `` Spanish Harlem '' ( 1971 ) `` Rock Steady '' ( 1971 ) `` Day Dreaming '' ( 1972 ) `` Wholy Holy '' ( 1972 ) `` Angel '' ( 1973 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1973 ) `` I 'm in Love '' ( 1974 ) `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1974 ) `` Something He Can Feel '' ( 1976 ) `` Break It to Me Gently '' ( 1977 ) `` What a Fool Believes '' ( 1981 ) `` It 's My Turn '' ( 1981 ) `` Jump to It '' ( 1982 ) `` Get It Right '' ( 1983 ) `` Freeway of Love '' ( 1985 ) `` Who 's Zoomin ' Who '' ( 1985 ) `` Sisters Are Doin ' It for Themselves '' ( 1985 ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( 1986 ) `` Jimmy Lee '' ( 1986 ) `` I Knew You Were Waiting ( For Me ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Oh Happy Day '' ( 1988 ) `` Gimme Your Love '' ( 1989 ) `` It Is n't, It Was n't, It Ai n't Never Gonna Be '' ( 1989 ) `` Everyday People '' ( 1991 ) `` Someday We 'll All Be Free '' ( 1992 ) `` Ever Changing Times '' ( 1992 ) `` A Deeper Love '' ( 1993 ) `` Willing to Forgive '' ( 1994 ) `` A Rose Is Still a Rose '' ( 1998 ) `` Here We Go Again '' ( 1998 ) `` Put You Up on Game '' ( 2007 ) `` Angels We Have Heard on High '' ( 2009 ) `` Rolling in the Deep ( The Aretha Version ) '' ( 2014 ) Related topics Awards and nominations Discography `` Wood Beez ( Pray Like Aretha Franklin ) '' ( by Scritti Politti ) Book Portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Never_Loved_a_Man_the_Way_I_Love_You&oldid=862425232 '' Categories : 1967 albums Aretha Franklin albums Albums produced by Jerry Wexler Atlantic Records albums Rhino Records albums Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Magyar 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Svenska 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 4 October 2018, at 08 : 46 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote i aint never loved a man
Answer: Ronnie Shannon