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"'''Lean on Me'''" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter [[Bill Withers]]. It was released in April 1972. It was the first single from his second album, ''[[Still Bill]]''. It was his first and only number one single on both the soul singles and the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=633}}</ref> ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 7 song of 1972.<ref>[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972]]</ref> 

It is ranked number 208 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of "[[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=November 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625061023/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 |archive-date=June 25, 2008  }}</ref> Many other versions have been recorded, and it is one of only nine songs to have reached No. 1 in the [[Billboard Hot 100|US Singles Charts]] with versions recorded by two different artists.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cover Me: Same Songs to Hit No. 1 By Two Different Artists|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/cover-me.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228045014/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/cover-me.shtml|archive-date=December 28, 2012}}</ref>

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