Lay Your Troubles Down

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"Lay Your Troubles Down"
Single by Angela Winbush and Ronald Isley
from the album The Real Thing
ReleasedMay 14, 1990
Genre Soul
Length4:33
Label Polygram
Songwriter(s) Angela Winbush
Producer(s) Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush singles chronology
"No More Tears"
(1990)
"Lay Your Troubles Down"
(1990)
"Please Bring Your Love Back"
(1990)

"Lay Your Troubles Down" is the third single for Angela Winbush's second album, The Real Thing. "Lay Your Troubles Down" features her then husband Ronald Isley. The song became her fourth top 10 solo single (eight in total) summer 1990.

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [1] 10

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