Let's Stay Together (song)
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| Single by Al Green from the album Let's Stay Together |
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| B-side | "Tomorrow's Dream" | |
| Released | 1971 | |
| Format | CD single Digital download Vinyl Cassette |
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| Recorded | 1971 | |
| Genre | Pop, Rock, R&B | |
| Length | 3:16 | |
| Label | Hi Records Hi-2202 |
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| Writer(s) | Al Green, Willie Mitchell | |
| Producer | Al Green, Willie Mitchell | |
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| Single by Tina Turner from the album Private Dancer |
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| B-side | "I Wrote A Letter" | ||||
| Released | 1983 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1983 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/R&B | ||||
| Length | 3:33 (7"), 5:14 | ||||
| Label | Capitol | ||||
| Writer(s) | Al Green | ||||
| Producer | Martyn Ware | ||||
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"Let's Stay Together" is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks. It also topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks. The song later appeared on the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction. It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1]
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[edit] Tina Turner version
"Let's Stay Together" was later covered by Tina Turner, her second collaboration with the British Heaven 17/B.E.F. production team after "Ball of Confusion" in 1982, and served as her comeback single in late 1983, charting at #6 in the UK (one place higher than Al Green's original - and her second U.K. Top 10 single ever, the first being "River Deep, Mountain High" some seventeen years earlier, then with former husband Ike Turner) and also #26 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart. The song became a turning point in Turner's solo career and was later included on her multiplatinum selling album Private Dancer, released in the Spring of 1984.
Versions and mixes (Tina Turner version)
- 7" Edit - 3:38
- Extended 12" Mix/Private Dancer album version - 5:14
[edit] Other cover versions
"Let's Stay Together" has also been covered by Michael Bolton, Michelle Williams, Brian Kennedy, as well as by At Last on the first season of America's Got Talent, who performed it a cappella. It has also been covered by soul singer Lemar. An interpretation of the song is evident in the song "Earthquake", on the album Tha Carter by rapper Lil Wayne.
[edit] Chart performance (Tina Turner - 1983)
| Position | Chart |
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| 26 | US Hot 100 |
| 3 | US R&B |
| 1 | US Dance |
| 6 | UK |
| 18 | Germany |
| 19 | Australia |
| 28 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 15 | Ireland |
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| Single by Michelle Williams from the album Roll Bounce Soundtrack |
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| Released | March 4, 2008 (U.S.) | ||||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 2005 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B | ||||
| Length | 3:23 | ||||
| Label | Music World/Columbia | ||||
| Writer(s) | Al Green, Willie Mitchell | ||||
| Producer | Jazze Pha | ||||
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| Single by Boyz II Men from the album Throwback Vol.1 |
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| Released | 2004 | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 3:55 | |
| Label | Koch Records | |
| Writer(s) | Al Green , Willie Mitchell | |
| Preceded by "American Pie" by Don McLean |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Al Green version) February 12, 1972 |
Succeeded by "Without You" by Nilsson |
| Preceded by "Family Affair" by Sly & the Family Stone |
Billboard's Hot Soul number-one single (Al Green version) January 8, 1972 - March 4, 1972 |
Succeeded by "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing (Pt. 1)" by James Brown |
| Preceded by "Beat Box" by Art of Noise |
Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (Tina Turner version) March 10, 1984 - March 17, 1984 |
Succeeded by "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper |
[edit] See also
- Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1972 (USA)
- R&B number-one hits of 1972 (USA)
- Number-one dance hits of 1984 (USA)
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