"Let's Stay Together" | ||||
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Single by Al Green | ||||
from the album Let's Stay Together | ||||
B-side | "Tomorrow's Dream" | |||
Released | November 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Hi (2202) | |||
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Producer(s) | Willie Mitchell | |||
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"Let's Stay Together" is a song by American singer Al Green from his 1972 album of the same name. It was produced and recorded by Willie Mitchell, and mixed by Mitchell and Terry Manning. Released as a single in 1971, "Let's Stay Together" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboard 's R&B chart for nine weeks. [1] Billboard ranked it as the number 11 song of 1972. [2]
It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, [3] and has been covered by numerous other performers, most notably Tina Turner.
It was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [4] The song went on to claim the number 1 position on the Billboard Year-End chart as an R&B song for 1972.
In 1999, the 1971 recording on Hi Records by Al Green was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [5]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [11] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [12] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [13] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [15] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
"Let's Stay Together" | ||||
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Single by Tina Turner | ||||
from the album Private Dancer | ||||
B-side | "I Wrote a Letter" | |||
Released | November 7, 1983(UK) [16] January 1984 (US) [17] | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
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Length | 3:36 (single version) 5:14 (album version) | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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"Let's Stay Together" was later covered by Tina Turner,her second collaboration with the British Heaven 17 and British Electric Foundation production team after "Ball of Confusion" in 1982,and served as her comeback single in late 1983. Unlike Al Green's version,Turner sings verse 2 first,then verse 1 when the band starts playing.
Released by Capitol Records in November 1983,the single charted at number 6 in the UK (one place higher than Al Green's original) and became the third time she reached the UK top ten,the first two being with former husband Ike Turner on "River Deep,Mountain High" and "Nutbush City Limits". Following the US release in January 1984, [17] the single reached #24 in Cash Box,#26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart. [20] [21]
At the time,the song was the most successful solo single Turner had released. It was included on her multi-platinum selling album Private Dancer ,released a few months later in the spring of 1984. The music video was directed by David Mallet. The cover photography was by Norman Seeff.
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They signed Turner and put her back in the studio with Heaven 17's Martin Ware to cut a New Wave take on Al Green's classic "Let's Stay Together".
Ware had also helped kick off Tina Turner's comeback, co-producing her 1983 dance-pop cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together"...
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