4. "I'm Every Woman," Chaka Khan Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, everybody Chaka Khan. Her funky 1978 hit -- her first outside her longtime band Rufus -- is all about bringing about camaraderie among women. When layered with those super-powered vocals and the band's sweet, sweaty funk, it makes for a fantastic girl-power song.

3. "Respect," Aretha Franklin Aretha just knows just how to run the game, which is pretty obvious on this 1967 hit originally recorded by Otis Redding as a plea by a really desperate dude offering to hand over whatever a woman demands. Aretha played into that, telling the world that this woman knows just how to demand what she wants -- her profits -- and while that dude's kisses are sweeter than honey, guess what? So is her money.

2. "I Am Woman," Helen Reddy I am woman, hear me RAAAAWR. Or something like that, right? That's pretty much the gist of Helen Reddy's original girl-power anthem from the '70s. This OG girl-power song celebrated female empowerment and sold more than 1 million copies, becoming a No. 1 hit in 1972.

It also became an enduring anthem for the women's liberation movement, which was reaching a pinnacle in the early '70s. But while its "screw you, I'm a chick and you'll listen to me" message made plenty of noise back then, it continues to be a staple of the grrrl-power movement even today.

1. "Rebel Girl," Bikini Kill As pioneers of the riot-grrrl movement, punk-rock protagonists Bikini Kill became notorious for their radical feminist lyrics -- in a good way. Their abrasively pro-woman stance is at its best on songs like 1993's "Rebel Girl," featuring lyrics like these:

When she talks I hear the revolution In her hips there's revolution Where she walks the revolution's coming In her kiss I taste the revolution

That says just about everything a proper girl anthem needs to say.

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