Let Your Hair Down (The Temptations song)

"Let Your Hair Down"
French release picture sleeve
Single by The Temptations
from the album 1990
B-side	"Ain't No Justice"
Released	November 1973
Genre	Soul, Funk
Length	2:40
Label	Gordy (Motown)
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"Law of the Land" (1973) "Let Your Hair Down" (1973) "Heavenly" (1974)

"Let Your Hair Down" is a 1973 single by American vocal group The Temptations. The track appeared on the Temptations 1973 album, 1990 .

Song Background

Dennis Edwards sings lead and the group is backed by Rose Royce for this track.

Chart performance

Released as a single in November of that year, it reached the number one spot on the R&B Singles Chart in February 1974 (their last R&B #1 with collaborator Norman Whitfield) but was less successful on the Pop Singles Chart, stalling at #27. ^[1]

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards
• Background vocals by Richard Street, Damon Harris, Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin
• Instrumentation by Rose Royce
• Written and produced by Norman Whitfield

Cover Versions

• Funk singer Yvonne Fair also recorded the song for her debut (and only) album, 1975's The Bitch is Black.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 572.