Think (Aretha Franklin song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Think

| image = Think by aretha franklin US vinyl side A.png

| alt =

| caption = Side A of the US single

| type = single

| artist = Aretha Franklin

| album = Aretha Now

| A-side = Think

| B-side = You Send Me

| released = May 2, 1968

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Soul{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s |website= Pitchfork |date= August 22, 2017 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/|quote= ...“Think,” a volcanic soul stomp that cries for freedom.|accessdate= April 15, 2023}}
• funk{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s |website= Pitchfork |date= August 18, 2006 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/6405-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/|quote= Franklin brings the funk with gospel fervor...|accessdate= October 12, 2022}}

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=20}}

| label = Atlantic 2518

| writer = {{hlist|Aretha Franklin|Ted White}}

| producer = Jerry Wexler{{Pop Chronicles|52|3|Jerry Wexler}}

| prev_title = Ain't No Way

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = The House That Jack Built

| next_title2 = I Say a Little Prayer

| next_year = 1968

}}

"Think" is a song written by American singer Aretha Franklin and Ted White, and first recorded by Franklin. It was released as a single in 1968, from her Aretha Now album. The song reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Franklin's seventh top 10 hit in the United States. The song also reached number 1 on the magazine's Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles,{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 2004 |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004 |publisher= Record Research |page= 215}} becoming her sixth single to top the chart. Franklin re-recorded the song in the Atlantic Records New York studio for the soundtrack of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and in 1989 for the album Through the Storm. Pitchfork placed it at number 15 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".{{cite web|first= Joe |last= Tangari |title= The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s |website= Pitchfork |date= August 18, 2006 |access-date= June 18, 2014 |url= http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6405-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/1/}}

Billboard described the single as a "pulsating swinger with another wild performance" that had a similar feel to "Respect" and which it expected would quickly reach a million sales.{{cite magazine|title= Spotlight Singles |magazine= Billboard |volume= 80 |issue= 19 |page= 60 |date= May 11, 1968 |accessdate= February 23, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1968/Billboard%201968-05-11.pdf}} Cash Box said it has "wailing lyrics of a hard-luck love affair" and "tremendous rhythmic drive."{{cite magazine|title= Record Reviews > Picks of the Week |magazine= Cash Box |volume= XXIX |issue= 41 |page= 24 |date= May 11, 1968 |access-date= January 12, 2022 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1968/CB-1968-05-11.pdf}}