Avg Rating: 
2.2 ( 14 total votes )
Melanie Amaro - Respect
Artist: Melanie Amaro
Producer: Stargate
Album: None (Promo Single)
Label: Epic Records
Time for a history lesson, readers. In 1965, the great Otis Redding, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, wrote and recorded a song entitled Respect. Two years later, in 1967, the equally great Aretha Franklin (the first female inductee to the R&R HOF) scooped up the record, changed its theme from male reverence to female empowerment, switched up the title to R-E-S-P-E-C-T and earned herself two Grammy awards. Now almost 45 years later, the record that Redding created and Franklin popularized is back in the mainstream thanks to The X Factor (U.S. Season 1) winner Melanie Amaro. Set to appear in Pepsi’s Super Bowl advertisement this Sunday, Amaro’s Respect is an upbeat club-ready affair produced by Stargate, which shares its sonic stylings from fellow mainstream-appealing pop acts like Jennifer Lopez and LMFAO. There is no set release date for Amaro’s forthcoming Epic Records debut album, but we’d imagine that this re-imagined version of Redding’s classic could go along way toward helping the young singer earn the respect she and her impressive upper register vocals deserve.
This song first appeared on the
R&B / Pop Chart
on February 6, 2012
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11662 |
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I am not a huge fan of turning a classic R&B record into a booty-shaking club jam, but man can Amaro sing. I am not going to compare her to Mariah or Whitney - like the judges did during her season on The X Factor - but with the right writing and production team around her she can be a huge star.
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 1638 |
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I agree with Z on his post. This is def a club anthem though, and she does have a good voice.
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1338 |
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In rotation, love her voice, hate remakes
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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I enjoyed this track very much. I guess it's mostly the love for the original, but this was a very tasteful remake without taking away from the original and not straight up copying it either. Good work.
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 385 |
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I cant give this more than a three partially because of the reasons stated above. This is an amazing song, an amazing remix, but I just don't really want a Respect Remix...
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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Do not like this at all!
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 238 |
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I am very partial to the original, but man can this girl belt out a tune. There are very few people who could pull this off and I think she just did. This will never be anything close to the original but it's just about the best you could expect from a modern rendition.
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3212 |
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The beat is ok, dance club music, but she shouts. Annoying!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 484 |
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Wow really smh
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2012 |
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Pretty lame. Shouting doesn't equivalate to singing. This is an insult to the legendary Aretha Franklin and her classic song. It's unlistenable.
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2012 |
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Pretty lame. Shouting doesn't equivalate to singing. This is an insult to the legendary Aretha Franklin and her classic song. It's unlistenable.
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2012 |
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| Posted on Feb 17, 2012 |
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Hate it.
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| Posted on Mar 31, 2012 |
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| Posted on Oct 05, 2012 |
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