(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

Jerry Wexler had been thinking about the idea of a natural man while studying African-American music. After he saw Carole King on a New York street, he called out that he wanted a natural woman song for Franklin's coming album. Gerry Goffin and King wrote it that night and gave Wexler a co-writing credit in thanks. Atlantic released it as a single from Lady Soul, and it reached number 8 on the Hot 100. Spooner Oldham played piano on the recording, with Eric Gale on guitar and Ralph Burns conducting strings. It entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

King recorded her own version for Tapestry in 1971. Franklin sang the song at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors for King, dropping her fur coat to the stage during the bridge. Barack Obama said in 2015 that when she sat down at a piano and sang it, she could move him to tears. The recording entered the UK singles chart at number 79 in 2018, a week after her death, its first appearance there. Mary J. Blige and Celine Dion each recorded it in 1995.