When was lean on me released

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Shirley Scott. Dan Gibson. Lynne Arriale Trio. Peter Pupping. Ray Barretto. Owen Richards. The Smooth Jazz All Stars. In , in an interview with American Songwriter , Withers hit on why the song connects with people in tumultuous times. Newswire Powered by.

Close the menu. Rolling Stone. He no longer had complete control over his music and chafed when it was suggested he do an Elvis cover. His new executives found Withers difficult. He is survived by his wife, Marcia, and children, Todd and Kori. Sections U. Several radio stations, as well as the single version, fade out during the repeated Coda, due to time limits as well as the repetition of the lyrics.

Some radio versions cut the number of "Call Me's" to six times before the song's end. In , Family released "Lean on Me with the Family ", a cover version with a hip hop arrangement and additional lyrics. Epic Records published a inch single and a CD maxi single in Germany. In , several years after the dissolution of Family, founding band-member Mike Johnson performed the song with backing vocalists and dancers at the Eurovision Song Content in Bulgaria. The song is frequently played at charity events.

The song was used in a s drug awareness film titled Dead Is Dead , hosted and produced by actor Godfrey Cambridge. Mary J. The song plays at the end of " Radioactive Man ", an episode of The Simpsons , when two film producers return to Hollywood after a movie failure.

On the fourth season of Martin , Martin and the crew sang the song in the hospital in the episode, "Why Can't We Be Friends" that was broadcast in Club Nouveau's cover is played over the credits of Escape Plan video game. A cover version appears in a TV commercial for Muscle Milk. For the same film, the song was adapted by Big Daddy Kane in "hip hop" form. Jack Vidgen recorded a version of the song for his album Inspire. The song contains the same introduction words as the original, with Burhan G doing the refrain from the song; however, it otherwise has different lyrics.

Mitchel Musso recorded a version of the song for the film Snow Buddies. Glee recorded a version of the song for the " Ballad " episode, in which the glee club sings it to fellow members Finn and Quinn. Template:Bill Withers. Culture Wikia Explore. Wiki Content.