Let's Stick Together (song)
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| Single by Wilbert Harrison | |
| B-side | "Kansas City Twist" |
| Released | 1962 |
| Format | 7-inch 45 rpm record |
| Recorded | 1962 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Length | 2:55 |
| Label | Fury (no. 1059) |
| Writer(s) | Wilbert Harrison |
| Producer(s) | Bobby Robinson |
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| Source | Rating |
| Rolling Stone | Favorable |
| "Let's Work Together" | |
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| Single by Canned Heat | |
| B-side | "I'm Her Man" |
| Released | January 1970 (UK) |
| Format | 7-inch 45 rpm record |
| Recorded | International Sound Studios, Los Angeles, December 3, 1969 |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Length | 2:48 |
| Label | Liberty |
| Writer(s) | Wilbert Harrison |
| Producer(s) | Skip Taylor, Canned Heat |
"Let's Stick Together" or "Let's Work Together" as it was subsequently titled, is a blues song written by Wilbert Harrison, which was released in 1962. In 1969 and 1970, the song was a hit for Harrison and has been recorded by a variety of artists, including Canned Heat and Bryan Ferry, who had chart successes with the song.
Wilbert Harrison recorded "Let's Stick Together" in 1962 as a mid-tempo twelve-bar shuffle-style blues. The song failed to appear in the charts; however, when he re-recorded it as "Let's Work Together" in 1969 for Sue Records, the song reached number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the following year. This was Harrison's first chart appearance since his number one 1959 hit "Kansas City".
Instrumentally, "Let's Stick Together" is an ensemble piece, while "Let's Work Together" is a solo performance, with Harrison (credited as the "Wilbert Harrison One Man Band") providing the vocal, harmonica, guitar, and percussion. The two songs use same melody line and structure, but the lyrics differ, as illustrated by the opening lines:
Well now the marriage vow is very sacred
The man put us together now you want to make it
Stick together, come on, come on let's stick together
You know we made a vow not to leave one another never
Together we will stand divided we'll fall
Come on now people let's get on the ball
And work together, come on, come on let's work together, now, now people
Say now together we will stand, every boy, girl, woman, and man
Shortly after the release of Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together", Los Angeles blues-rock band Canned Heat recorded their version of the song. Unlike their previous singles ("On the Road Again", "Going Up the Country", and "Time Was") which featured vocals and harmonica by Alan Wilson, for "Let's Work Together" Bob Hite provided the vocals, with Wilson adding the slide-guitar parts. The song was prepared for release as a single in December 1969, but after learning that Harrison's song was becoming popular, the band delayed their release until Harrison's song had run its course.
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