Song · Carole King
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Carole King
From the album Tapestry (1971)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Carole King appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2001 and 2023. It was first released in 1971 on the album Tapestry. Its best result is #148 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,386 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Carole King wrote the music for "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" in 1967, with Gerry Goffin on words and Atlantic's Jerry Wexler supplying the idea, and it was made to measure for Aretha Franklin, who turned it into one of her signature records. Four years later King took it back for Tapestry, her 1971 album, and sang it herself.
Lou Adler produced her version and Hank Cicalo engineered it, with King on keyboard and Charles Larkey on double bass, and it lands like the songwriter quietly telling you what she meant all along. The song never let go of either woman: Franklin sang it in tribute to King at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, and in June 2026 CBS News named it among 250 essential American songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1958 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 818 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2018 | 560 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 373 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 591 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2023 | 148 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
Also listed as: You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman; Natural Woman; You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.
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