Lean on Me (song)
Lean on Me is a 1972 soul song written and produced by Bill Withers. It appeared on the album Still Bill.
Cover version of Club Nouveau
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In March 1987, a new version of the song was released by Club Nouveau. This version became a number one hit in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. Bill Withers was honored as a songwriter at the 1988 Grammy Awards.
Other cover versions
- 1972: Grover Washington, Jr.
- 1973: Tom Jones
- 1976: Mud
- 1976: Aretha Franklin
- 1976: Mary Roos (Come to me)
- 1980: Ike & Tina Turner
- 1981: Barbara Dickson
- 1983: Al Jarreau
- 1986: Al Green
- 1986: Mikael Rickfors
- 1986: Club Nouveau
- 1989: Sandra Reaves-Phillips in the film The Badass Principal (Lean on Me) with Morgan Freeman
- 1992: dc Talk
- 1993: Michael Bolton
- 1999: 2-4 Family
- 2000: DJ BoBo
- 2001: Westlife
- 2003: Bonnie Tyler
- 2003: Jocelyn B. Smith
- 2003: Manfred Mann
- 2004: Johnny Logan
- 2007: Stefan Gwildis feat. Laith Al-Deen (I am there)
- 2010: Sheryl Crow & Keith Urban feat. Kid Rock
