Artist
Al Green
Lyrics
Let's stay together to get it on
I, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is all right with me
'Cause you make me feel so brand-new
I want to spend my life with you
They say it seems, baby
Since we've been together
Loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me be the one you come runnin' to
I'll never be untrue
Ooo baby
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
Whether times are good or bad
Happy or sad
Why, somebody?
Why do people who break up
Oh, turn around and make up?
I just can't see
You'd never do that to me
(Would you baby)?
Being around you
Is all I see
Here's what I want us to do
Let's... we oughta stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
(Come on)
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
If you never need me you can set me free woman
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
If you stay with me you can set me free woman
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
I, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is all right with me
'Cause you make me feel so brand-new
I want to spend my life with you
They say it seems, baby
Since we've been together
Loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me be the one you come runnin' to
I'll never be untrue
Ooo baby
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
Whether times are good or bad
Happy or sad
Why, somebody?
Why do people who break up
Oh, turn around and make up?
I just can't see
You'd never do that to me
(Would you baby)?
Being around you
Is all I see
Here's what I want us to do
Let's... we oughta stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
(Come on)
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
If you never need me you can set me free woman
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
If you stay with me you can set me free woman
Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad
Happy or sad
RS500_rank
60
Length
3:17
BPM
102.2
Released Year
1971
Genre Era
Genre
Key
G m
Produced By
Mitchell
Released Info
Dec. '71 on Hi
Chart Weeks
16 weeks
Chart Top
No. 1
Musicbrainz ID
ec05fa36-8199-66c4-edfc-9c96877187a7
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Al Green, Al Jackson Jr., Willie<br/>Mitchell
Album
Let's Stay Together (The Right Stuff)
Song Status
After Mitchell gave Green a rough mix of a tune he and drummer Jackson had worked out, Green wrote the lyrics in five minutes. Still, Green didn't want to record the song and fought with Mitchell for two days before finally agreeing to cut it. The recording was finished late on a Friday night in the fall of 1971; Mitchell pressed the single on Monday, and by Thursday Green was told he'd be entering the charts at Number Eight. Within two weeks, it was a Number One R&B hit, and in February 1972, "Let's Stay Together" gave Green his only Number One pop hit.