You Ought to Be With Me

You Ought to Be With Me

Infobox Single
Name = You Ought to Be With Me


Artist = Al Green
from Album = Call Me
B-side =
Released = 1972
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Soul
Length = 3:19
Label = Hi Records
Writer = Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr, Willie Mitchell
Producer =
Certification = Gold
Last single = "Guilty"
(1972)
This single = "You Ought to Be With Me"
(1972)
Next single = "Hot Wire"
(1973)
Misc =

"You Ought to Be With Me" is the name of a song by Al Green. Released from his classic album, "Call Me", the single spent a week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1972. It would eventually sell over one million copies.

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