Lean on Me (song)
“Lean on Me” is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, Still Bill. Club Nouveau covered the song with go-go beat and took it to number one for two weeks in 1987. 2-4 Family released a remake with a hip hop arrangement and additional lyrics in 1999.
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“Lean on Me” is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, Still Bill. It is one of only nine songs to have reached No. 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 in 1987.
In 1999, 2-4 Family released a remake with a hip hop arrangement and additional lyrics. In 2008, founding band-member Mike Johnson performed the song at the Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria. The song ranked at number 94 in VH1’s 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders of the 80s.
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