| "Family Affair" | ||||
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| Single by Sly and the Family Stone | ||||
| from the album There's a Riot Goin' On | ||||
| B-side | "Luv N' Haight" | |||
| Released | November 6, 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
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| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Epic 5-10805 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sly Stone | |||
| Producer(s) | Sly Stone | |||
| Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Family Affair" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Family Affair" is a 1971 number-one hit single recorded by Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic Records label. Their first new material since the double A-sided single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"/ "Everybody Is a Star" nearly two years prior, "Family Affair" became the third and final number-one pop single for the band. In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song 57th on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] The cover version by John Legend, Joss Stone, and Van Hunt, won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 957. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (April 21, 2020). "Iggy Pop – "Family Affair" (Sly & The Family Stone Cover) (Feat. Bootsy Collins)". Stereogum. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ "Sly and the Family Stone, 'Family Affair'". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.