- Let's Stay Together (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Let's Stay Together
Caption =
Artist =Al Green
from Album = Let's Stay Together
A-side =
B-side = "Tomorrow's Dream"
Released = 1971
Format =CD single Digital download Vinyl
Cassette
Recorded = 1971
Genre = Pop, Rock, R&B
Length = 3:16 4:50 (full version)
Label =Hi Records
Hi-2202
Writer =Al Green , Willie Mitchell
Producer = Al Green, Willie Mitchell
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc = Infobox Single
Name = Let's Stay Together
Artist =Tina Turner
from Album =Private Dancer
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 =Al Green
Producer =Martyn Ware
Certification =
Last single = "Ball of Confusion " (1982)
This single = "Let's Stay Together" (1983)
Next single = "Help!" (1984)"Let's Stay Together" is a song by
Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. It reached #1 on theBillboard Hot 100 , and remained on the chart for 16 weeks. It also toppedBillboard 's R&B chart for nine weeks. The song later appeared on thesoundtrack to "Pulp Fiction". It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by "Rolling Stone " magazine on their list of the500 Greatest Songs of All Time . [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595905/algreen?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple3&rnd=1102299930402&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.857 "Rolling Stone"] ]Tina Turner version
"Let's Stay Together" was later covered by
Tina Turner , her second collaboration with the BritishHeaven 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 third U.K. Top 10 single, the first being "River Deep, Mountain High " and second being "Nutbush City Limits ", (both 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 - 5:14Other cover versions
"Let's Stay Together" has also been covered by
Michael Bolton , Jimmy Smith, Michelle Williams,Boyz II Men , Brian Kennedy,Issac Hayes , as well as by At Last on the first season of "America's Got Talent ", who performed ita cappella . It has also been covered by soul singerLemar . An interpretation of the song is evident in the song "Earthquake", on the album "Tha Carter " by rapperLil Wayne . An instrumental version very close to the Al Green original was recorded byThe Memphis Horns . The company Wavegroup did a cover of the song for the game .Chart performance (Tina Turner - 1983)
Infobox Single
Name = Let's Stay Together
Artist = Michelle Williams
from Album =Roll Bounce Soundtrack,Exclusive Bonus CD Sampler
Released =March 4 ,2005 (U.S.)
Format =Digital download ,CD single
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Pop, R&B
Length = 3:23
Label = Music World/Columbia
Writer =Al Green , Willie Mitchell
Producer =Jazze Pha
Certification =
Last single = "Do You Know"
(2004)
This single = "Let's Stay Together"
(2005)
Next single = "We Break the Dawn "
(2008)Chart performance (Michelle Williams - 2005)
Boyz II Men- 2004
Infobox Single
Name = Let's Stay Together
Artist =Boyz II Men
from Album =Throwback Vol.1
Released =2004
Format =
Recorded = 2004
Genre = R&B
Length = 3:55
Label =Koch Records
Writer =Al Green , Willie Mitchellee also
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Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1972 (USA)
*R&B number-one hits of 1972 (USA)
*Number-one dance hits of 1984 (USA) References
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