Let's Stay Together (song)

Let's Stay Together (song)

"Let's Stay Together"
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Private Dancer
B-side "I Wrote a Letter"
Released November 7, 1983 (1983-11-07) (UK)
Format 7", 12" single
Recorded 1983
Genre Synthpop
Funk
Soul
Length 3:33 (7"), 5:14 (LP/12" single)
Label Capitol
Producer Martyn Ware
Certification Silver
Tina Turner singles chronology
"Ball of Confusion"
(1982)
"Let's Stay Together"
(1983)
"Help!"
(1984)
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"Let's Stay Together" is a song by Al Green on his 1972 album of the same name. The song 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 #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. 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. 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". The song went on to claim the number-one position on the Billboard Year-End chart as an R&B song for 1972.

Read more about Let's Stay Together (song):  Tina Turner Version, Other Cover Versions, Appearance in Other Media

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