Reunited (song)

"Reunited"
Side A of the New Zealand single
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side"Easy as Pie"
ReleasedMarch 1979 (1979-03)
Recorded1978
Genre
Length5:46
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
"Shake Your Groove Thing"
(1978)
"Reunited"
(1979)
"We've Got Love"
(1979)

"Reunited" is a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single release from their album, 2 Hot (1978), the song was a huge crossover smash, topping both the pop and soul charts. It spent four weeks at number one on both the R&B singles chart and the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1979[4] and sold over two million copies. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1979. In Canada, "Reunited" likewise reached number one and was the No. 9 song for the year.[5]

The song was written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren. It was the sequel to the duo's 1968 hit "(We'll Be) United", performed with the original Peaches, which was itself a cover of The Intruders' original 1966 hit.[6][7][8][9]

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