"Respect" is a 1995 song recorded by French hip hop act Alliance Ethnik.
After a 30-second introduction using the sound of a radio, the song contains several samples from songs such as "It's Good to Be the King Rap Pt 1" by Mel Brooks, "Back Together Again" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway[1] and a small interpolation of "Life's a Bitch" of American rapper Nas.
The male singer has a delivery "which makes use of words and onomatopoeia with mischievouness [sic] and joviality".
It achieved Gold status awarded by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
In Belgium (Flanders), Sweden and Austria, "Respect" achieved a moderate success where it was a top 25 hit.