| "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) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Willie Mitchell | |||
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"Let's Stay Together" | ||||
"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]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 237.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972
- ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ "The National Recording Registry 2010". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on April 10, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.