''Take It Like You Give It'' is the ninth studio album by United States, American singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1967 by Columbia Records.

Track listing

Side One #"Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:52 #"I May Never Get to Heaven" (Buddy Killen, Bill Anderson (singer), Bill Anderson) – 3:27 #"Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It Easy for the Door)" (Billy Dawn Smith) – 1:58 #"Her Little Heart Went to Loveland" (Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer) – 2:34 #"Lee Cross" (Ted White (manager), Ted White) – 2:53 #"Take It Like You Give It" (Aretha Franklin) – 1:50 Side Two #"Only the One You Love" (Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton (songwriter), Charles Singleton) – 2:23 #"Deeper" (Rudy Clark) – 2:03 #"Remember Me" (Van McCoy, Clyde Otis) – 2:12 #"Land of Dreams" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:12 #"A Little Bit of Soul" (Milton Bland, McKinley Mitchell, David Wilkinson) – 2:18

Personnel

*Robert Mersey - conductor on "Why Was I Born?", "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)" and "Lee Cross", producer on "Lee Cross" *Belford Hendricks - conductor on "Land of Dreams" and "A Little Bit of Soul" *Bob Johnston - producer on "Why Was I Born?" and "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)" *Bobby Scott - producer on "I May Never Get to Heaven" *Clyde Otis - producer on tracks A4, A6, B1 to B5 *Vernon Smith - cover photography

References

{{Authority control Aretha Franklin albums 1967 albums Albums produced by Bob Johnston Columbia Records albums