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“Let’s Stay Together” is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks. It also topped Billboard’s R&B chart for nine weeks. The song later appeared on the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction. It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
“Let’s Stay Together” was later covered by Tina Turner, her second collaboration with the British Heaven 17/B.E.F. production team after “Ball of Confusion” in 1982, and served as her comeback single in late 1983, charting at #6 in the UK (one place higher than Al Green’s original - and her third U.K. Top 10 single, the first being “River Deep, Mountain High” and second being “Nutbush City Limits”, (both with former husband Ike Turner) and also #26 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart. The song became a turning point in Turner’s solo career and was later included on her multiplatinum selling album Private Dancer, released in the Spring of 1984.
“Let’s Stay Together” has also been covered by Margie Joseph (who had also recorded in Memphis contemporaneous to Green, but offered a Philly-inspired version produced by Arif Mardin), Michael Bolton, Jimmy Smith, Michelle Williams, Boyz II Men, Brian Kennedy,Issac Hayes, as well as by At Last on the first season of America’s Got Talent, who performed it a cappella.
“Let’s Stay Together” was later covered by Tina Turner, her second collaboration with the British Heaven 17/B.E.F. production team after “Ball of Confusion” in 1982, and served as her comeback single in late 1983, charting at #6 in the UK (one place higher than Al Green’s original - and her third U.K. Top 10 single, the first being “River Deep, Mountain High” and second being “Nutbush City Limits”, (both with former husband Ike Turner) and also #26 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart. The song became a turning point in Turner’s solo career and was later included on her multiplatinum selling album Private Dancer, released in the Spring of 1984.
“Let’s Stay Together” has also been covered by Margie Joseph (who had also recorded in Memphis contemporaneous to Green, but offered a Philly-inspired version produced by Arif Mardin), Michael Bolton, Jimmy Smith, Michelle Williams, Boyz II Men, Brian Kennedy,Issac Hayes, as well as by At Last on the first season of America’s Got Talent, who performed it a cappella.
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The Good the Bad & the Ugly..........
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one of the greatest, has to be said.
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You make me feel so brand new! Love this song. Love Al Green Al can sing anything!
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The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you.
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who doesn't love some al green
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I remember when this song came out... it was the jam ... the best song to cha-cha to... and we thought Al Green was so fine!!!!
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