Let’s Stay Together
~ Recording by Al Green
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together / Tomorrow’s Dream | Al Green | Single |
| Hi Records | 45-2202 |
| 1.1 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | Album |
| Hi Records | SHL 32070 |
| 1.3 | Let's Stay Together | 3:14 | Al Green | All Star Rock, Volume 11 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Original Sound Recordings (compilations, pre-90s) | OSR 11 |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Let's Stay Together | Al Green | Album |
| London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present) | SLC-424 |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | Album |
| London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present) | SHU 8430 |
| 1.7 | Let's Stay Together | ?:?? | Al Green | Sometimes When We Touch (One) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ronco | RON LP 9A |
| 1.6 | Let's Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | Compact Command Performances: 14 Greatest Hits | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MOTD-6111 |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together (remastered) | Al Green | Album |
| Hi Records | HI UK CD 405 |
| 1.1 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together / I’m Still in Love With You | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCDO8018MD |
| 1.13 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Hits Revival | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| OTT Import | OTT372010 |
| 1.13 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Hits Revival | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | NE 1363 |
| 1.12 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Introduction to the Motown Elite 9000 Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD00900MD |
| 1.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | Sounds of the Seventies: 1972 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2579, SOD-03 |
| 1.16 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Hit History, Volume 17: 1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation) | PD 74787 |
| 1.11 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Best Love Songs, Vol. 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Original Sound | OSCD 8908 |
| 1.10 | Let's Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Dance Classics Gold, The Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 7490 62 |
| 2.17 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Mystic Music: Cool Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Mystic Music | S22-18168 |
| 2.2 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | 35 soulklassiker 1970-75 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Diesel Music AB | Diesel C-9 |
| 2.10 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Back to the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 8 27230 2 8, CDEMTV 77 |
| 1.1 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | Album |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | 27121-2 |
| 1.2 | Let's Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Lo Mejor del Soul 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade Music Company España, S.A. (not for release label use! ES branch of Dutch "Arcade" label) | 3200112 |
| 1.14 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Sweet Soul & Blues Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade Music Company France S.A. (not for release label use! FR branch of Dutch "Arcade" label) | 302091 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Art Laboe’s Dedicated to You, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Original Sound Records | OSCD 9304 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCD11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCD 11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCAD-11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MVCM-492 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | CMCAD 11103, MCASD-11103 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | The Supreme Al Green: The Greatest Hits | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Hi Records | HIUKCD130 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 111 103-2 |
| 1.4 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Simply Vinyl | SVLP0027 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCD 11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCD 11103 |
| 1.4 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCASD- 11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCAD-11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture (club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCAD-11103 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCAD-11103, MCAD-11103T |
| 1.17 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | The Heart of Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 99 022 14 |
| 1.6 | Let's Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Greatest Hits | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | 7243-8-30800-2-1 |
| 2.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | Hi Times: The Hi Records R&B Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | T2 30584 |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Hollywood's Hottest Hits, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-17948 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCD11103 |
| 2.19 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:13 | Al Green | Super ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | DR-7076 |
| 1.13 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Movie Killers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2836 |
| 1.2 | Let's Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Tired of Being Alone / Let's Stay Together | Al Green | Single |
| Hi Records | 7243-8-58496-2-6 |
| 1.7 | Let's Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | A Deep Shade of Green | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Hi Records | HIBOOK 12 |
| 2.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Hi Records: Royal Memphis Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hi Records | HiBOOK11 |
| 2.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Ultimate Soul Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WTVD 34851 |
| 2.2 | Let's Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Al Green: Anthology | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.11 | Let's Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Heart & Soul: 20 Classic Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD103 |
| 1.6 | Let's Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Planet Hollywood Favorite Movie Tracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Planet Hollywood | 240376, 72438-19801-2-5 |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | The Very Best of Al Green | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD38 |
| 1.14 | Let's Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Big Hits of the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets | 19455 |
| 1.6 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Greatest Hits | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets | GZS 1125 |
| 2.7 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Have a Nice Decade: The ’70s Pop Culture Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72919 |
| 2.10 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | The All Time Greatest Movie Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | MOODCD61 |
| 1.16 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Gold's Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3003 |
| 1.6 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Greatest Hits (original master recording) | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| DCC Compact Classics | GZS-1125 |
| 1.6 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Greatest Hits (special expanded edition) | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| DCC Compact Classics | LPZ-2058 |
| 2.4 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Heart Full of Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television, Warner.ESP | RADCD99 |
| 1.7 | Let's Stay Together | 3:21 | Al Green | Hi and Mighty: The Story of Al Green (1969-78) | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Cream/Hi Records Inc. | |
| 1.1 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:20 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | Album |
| Hi Records | HILO 152 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Love Power 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD128 |
| 2.24 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Mega Slows | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 3038892 |
| 1.7 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Roadtrip 1: Banana Republic | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| AEI Music (USA) | 72434-96726-28 |
| 1.10 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Soft Love, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI) | PLDC 10202 |
| 1.8 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Film Four Essential Soundtracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Telstar TV | TTVCD3038 | |
| 1.15 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | New Year’s Eve: Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | 72435-23105-2-4 |
| 3.10 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:14 | Al Green | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 69783 |
| 1.4 | Let’s Stay Together | ?:?? | Al Green | American Bandstand’s Greatest Hits of the Century: 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets, EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets | 72435-22139-2-4-0, 72435-24033-2-5-0 |
| 2.13 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:12 | Al Green | Lovesongs Top 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade Music Company Denmark A/S (not for release label use! DK branch of Dutch "Arcade" label) | 8910019 |
| 1.9 | Let’s Stay Together (from ‘Pulp Fiction’) | 3:16 | Al Green | Movie Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Pulp Fiction: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | STARCD 6493 |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | True Love: A Collection | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK) | MCCD 378 |
| 2.13 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:12 | Al Green | Woman in Love: Top 100 | Various Artists | Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01.10748 |
| 2.2 | Let's Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Body + Soul: Sweet Seduction | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | m18515 314545937-2 |
| 3.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:12 | Al Green | Méga cinéma | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Wagram Music (imprint/distributor) | |
| 1.16 | Let's Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | Smooth Grooves: The Essential Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 79885 |
| 1.12 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | The Ladies Man: Music from the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| DreamWorks Records | 0044-50276-2 |
| 1.4 | Let's Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | The Very Best of Al Green | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Shock (Australian independent) | HICD001 |
| 1.1 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | 1970s #1 R&B Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), EMI Music Special Markets | 72435-25619-2-6 |
| 1.10 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:17 | Al Green | Lasting Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Metacom | 314520731-2 |
| 1.2 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:14 | Al Green | Love Hurts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | GDC 991802 |
| 2.3 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | The Cool Sound of the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3148 |
| 1.15 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | The Hi Singles A’s and B’s | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Hi Records | HEXD 52 |
| 6.13 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Back to Black | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), MWA | 5415182, 5415812 |
| 3.10 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:14 | Al Green | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 85669 |
| 2.15 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:21 | Al Green | Can You Dig It? The ’70s Soul Experience | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 74346 |
| 1.2 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | Jammin’ Oldies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | WEA 76698 |
| 1.10 | Let's Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Love and Happiness | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Hi Records | FBOOK 26 |
| 2.2 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:14 | Al Green | Love Unlimited: The Soulful Sound of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3167 |
| 3.8 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | The Greatest Movies Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| HMV Easy (owned by EMI) | |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | The Very Best of Al Green | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK) | MCCD 476 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 3.7 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:18 | Al Green | CD 6 Pack: Compiled From the Charts of Billboard Magazine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Pioneer (USA imprint with italic text logo) | S26-57999 | |
| 1.5 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | Sounds of the Big Screen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Commercial Markets, Stella Artois (beer), Stella Screen | CDLIC 105 |
| 3.24 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.14 | Let's Stay Together | 3:14 | Al Green | 100% Tarantino Hits, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:19 | Al Green | Compact Command Performances: 14 Greatest Hits (CRC) | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 6111MD |
| 1.1 | Let's Stay Together | 3:16 | Al Green | Greatest Hits | Al Green | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label) | BRLP 52 |
| 1.11 | Let’s Stay Together | 3:15 | Al Green | It’s All About Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S21-18349 |
Relationships
| producer: | Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer) |
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| drums (drum set): | Howard Grimes Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) |
| electric bass guitar: | Leroy Hodges |
| guitar family: | Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist) |
| organ and piano: | Charles Hodges (soul organist) |
| saxophone: | James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger) |
| tenor saxophone: | Ed Logan |
| trombone: | Jack Hale (trombone) |
| trumpet: | Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) |
| background vocals: | Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) Donna Rhodes Sandra Rhodes |
| vocals: | Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Cream Records (70s Los Angeles) (in 1971) HI Records Inc. (in 1971) |
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| sampled by: | Live and Undrugged, Parts 1 & 2 by Public Enemy (US rap group) |
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| part of: | Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 34) (order: 34) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 60) (order: 60) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 67) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 84) (order: 84) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/43YXZFad8aVLWojvBLZ62V [info] |
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| recording of: | Let’s Stay Together |
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Related works
Let’s Stay Together
| writer: | Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer) |
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| publisher: | Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) Al Jackson Jr. Music Burlington Music Co., Ltd. Irving Music, Inc. |
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