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Bill Withers - Lean on Me 1972

"Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, Still Bill. It was a number one single on both the soul and Billboard Hot 100 charts, the latter chart for three weeks in July 1972. Billboard ranked it as the number 7 song of 1972. It was ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2010. In 2007, "Lean on Me" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

Bill Withers' childhood in the coal mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, was the inspiration for "Lean on Me", which he wrote after he had moved to Los Angeles, and found himself missing the strong community ethic of his hometown. He had lived in a decrepit house in the poor section of his town. "I bought a little piano and I was sitting there just running my fingers up and down the piano. In the course of doing the music, that phrase crossed my mind, so then you go back and say, 'OK, I like the way that phrase, Lean On Me, sounds with this song'."

Numerous other versions have been recorded, and it is one of only nine songs to have reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with versions recorded by two different artists. The R&B group Club Nouveau covered the song with go-go beat and took it to number one, for two weeks, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1987. It also reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It won a Grammy Award in 1987 for Bill Withers, as the writer, for Best R&B Song.

"Lean on Me" received a total of 81,1% yes votes!

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Sade, Angela Bassett, and Bill Withers Backstage at Sade's Soldier of Love Concert, August 20th 2011

Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA

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"Lean on me, when you're not strong. And I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on."

Lean on Me | Bill Withers

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

It's not warm when she's away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And she's always gone too long

Anytime she's goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone

Wonder if she's gone to stay

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And this house just ain't no home

Anytime she goes away

Bill Withers

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Lean On Me

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Hot 8 Brass Band - Ain't No Sunshine (Official Video)

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Bill Withers - Lovely Day