| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Ability to Swing | Patti Austin | 4:52 |
| 2 | Think | Aretha Franklin | 2:20 |
| 3 | Who | Carey Bell, Billy Branch, James Cotton & Junior Wells | 4:09 |
| 4 | Destination Anywhere | The Commitments | 3:12 |
| 5 | Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me | Nina Simone | 2:51 |
| 6 | Hot Coffee | Carl Anderson | 4:54 |
| 7 | Messin With the Kid | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells | 2:16 |
| 8 | Chain of Fools- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States
- recording engineer and mixer:
- Tom Dowd
- producer:
- Jerry Wexler
- bass guitar:
- Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-06-23)
- drums (drum set):
- Roger Hawkins (on 1967-06-23)
- electric piano:
- Spooner Oldham (on 1967-06-23)
- guitar:
- Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-06-23) and Joe South (on 1967-06-23)
- piano:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-23)
- choir vocals:
- Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-06-23), Erma Franklin (on 1967-06-23), Ellie Greenwich (on 1967-06-23) and The Sweet Inspirations (on 1967-06-23)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-23)
- arranger:
- Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- WEA International Inc. (in 1967) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1968)
- recorded at:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-06-23)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 249) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 306)
- recording of:
- Chain of Fools (on 1967-06-23)
- lyricist and composer:
- Don Covay
- publisher:
- 14th Hour Music, Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Pronto Music, Springtime Music, Inc., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co.
| Aretha Franklin | 2:48 |
| 9 | Rocket "88" | Buster Poindexter | 2:51 |
| 10 | My Boyfriend's Back | Melissa Manchester | 3:27 |
| 11 | Ol’ Man River | Earl Grant | 3:26 |
| 12 | Jive After Five | Carl Perkins | 2:22 |
| 13 | The Walkin’ Blues | Royal Crown Revue | 5:22 |
| 14 | Trickle Trickle | The Manhattan Transfer | 2:22 |
| 15 | Jack, You’re Dead | Joe Jackson | 2:49 |
| 16 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | The Teenagers | 2:18 |
