<P> "Sock It To Me" is a phrase popularized by being featured in Rowan & Martin's Laugh - In from 1968, the year after it appeared in Aretha Franklin's version of "Respect" (1967). </P> <P> In their 1969 song It's Your Thing, The Isley Brothers reference the phrase: "It's your thing, do what you want to do . I can't tell you who to sock it to ." </P>

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