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"Lean on Me" is a song written and released by Bill Withers in 1972. It was his first (and only) soul single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and ranks 205th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was inspired by Withers' childhood, which he spent in the mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia. The singer wrote the song Bill Withers - Lean On Me after moving to Los Angeles where he felt lost after leaving his hometown. The song was used in 1970 in the drug-talking film Dead Is Dead, hosted and produced by actor Godfrey Cambridge.
Last edited: 16-07-2023