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From '' Nightair ''
Label: SRT – SRTZ 76372
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1976
Tracklist
A1 In The Meantime
A2 You've Lost That Loving Feeling
Written-By – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector
A3 The Wonderful World Of The Young
Written-By – Tepper-Bennett
A4 Jambalaya
Written-By – Hank Williams
A5 Without You
Written-By – Pete Ham, Tom Evans
A6a Mr. Postman
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
A6b She Loves You
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B1 Love The One You're With
Written-By – Stephen Stills
B2 The Way We Were
Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
B3 It's For You
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B4 After The Goldrush
Written-By – Neil Young
B5a I've Got The Music In Me
Written-By – Bias Boshell
B5b I Believe In Music
Written-By – Mac Davis
B6 Bridge Over Troubled Water
Written-By – Paul Simon
Featuring, Lead Guitar, Synthesizer [Double], Guitar [Double] – Danny Wood
Featuring, Piano – Keith Herd
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Dave Knight
Drums, Vocals – Kevin Airey
Bass [Bass Machine], Vocals [Double] – Lynda Airey
Engineer – Keith Herd
Recorded At – Fairview Recording Studio
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – SRT Productions Ltd.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"Love the One You're With" is a song by American folk rock musician Stephen Stills. It was released in November 1970 as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album (1970). The song, inspired by a remark Stills heard from musician Billy Preston, became his biggest hit single, peaking at No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971.
David Crosby and Graham Nash, Stills's fellow members of Crosby, Stills & Nash, provided background vocals on the song. Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Jones, and John Sebastian also provided background vocals. The song was later recorded by various artists including the Isley Brothers, The Meters, Bucks Fizz, Luther Vandross, Firefall, and Bob Seger.
Background
Stills wrote the song after being inspired by the tag line — "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with" which was a frequent remark by musician Billy Preston. Stills explained in 1991: "This song has been very good to me. The title came from a party with Billy Preston. Then I asked him if I could pinch this line he had, and he said, 'Sure.' So I took the phrase and wrote a song around it. It's a good times song, just a bit of fun. My favorite part is the steel drums. I played them before a little bit but I just kept diddling around till I found the right notes." Billy Preston may have been familiar with the song "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" from the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow which has the line "When I can't be with the girl I love, I love the girl I'm with". Like the majority of the album, Stills recorded the song over the previous summer. Former CSNY bandmate Graham Nash recalled in his book Wild Tales: "Stephen called and said, 'You remember that song of mine, "Love the One You’re With," that I cut in London? Well, I've brought the track back and we're in Wally Heider's with it. I need voices for the choruses. Any chance you and David would come down?'".
Cover versions
Several acts have since recorded the song, most notably, in 1971, the Isley Brothers as the lead single from their ninth studio album Givin' It Back, whose unique gospel-driven rendering of the song sent it to the charts again reaching number three R&B and number 18 pop, giving the group their fifth US top 40 pop single. It also reached number 10 on the US Cash Box chart. On the Canadian charts, their version reached No. 41.
British pop group Bucks Fizz covered the song as the fourth and penultimate single of their 1986 album Writing on the Wall.
Ultimately the song peaked at a low No.47 in the UK Singles Chart during a three-week run.
Australian pop group the Chantoozies released a version in February 1991.
The song was the third and final single from the group's second studio album, Gild the Lily (1991). The song peaked at number 21 on the Australian charts.
American singer-songwriter Luther Vandross released a version of the song on his ninth album, Songs (1994). It peaked within the top 30 of the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and earned Vandross a 1995 Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Gino Soccio reached number 79 in Canada with a 1988 recording of the song.
Dutch duo Pep & Rash sampled this song in their song of the same name in 2016, which was a minor hit at Number 79 in French Belgium.
In culture
In 2012, the song was featured in Ridley Scott's science fiction movie Prometheus. Idris Elba, playing Janek, sings a short phrase from the song after claiming his squeezebox once belonged to Stephen Stills.
In 2022 the song featured in the season finale of BBC series Blue Lights.
#nightair
#lovetheoneyourewith
#stephenstills
From '' Nightair ''
Label: SRT – SRTZ 76372
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1976
Tracklist
A1 In The Meantime
A2 You've Lost That Loving Feeling
Written-By – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector
A3 The Wonderful World Of The Young
Written-By – Tepper-Bennett
A4 Jambalaya
Written-By – Hank Williams
A5 Without You
Written-By – Pete Ham, Tom Evans
A6a Mr. Postman
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
A6b She Loves You
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B1 Love The One You're With
Written-By – Stephen Stills
B2 The Way We Were
Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
B3 It's For You
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
B4 After The Goldrush
Written-By – Neil Young
B5a I've Got The Music In Me
Written-By – Bias Boshell
B5b I Believe In Music
Written-By – Mac Davis
B6 Bridge Over Troubled Water
Written-By – Paul Simon
Featuring, Lead Guitar, Synthesizer [Double], Guitar [Double] – Danny Wood
Featuring, Piano – Keith Herd
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Dave Knight
Drums, Vocals – Kevin Airey
Bass [Bass Machine], Vocals [Double] – Lynda Airey
Engineer – Keith Herd
Recorded At – Fairview Recording Studio
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – SRT Productions Ltd.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"Love the One You're With" is a song by American folk rock musician Stephen Stills. It was released in November 1970 as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album (1970). The song, inspired by a remark Stills heard from musician Billy Preston, became his biggest hit single, peaking at No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971.
David Crosby and Graham Nash, Stills's fellow members of Crosby, Stills & Nash, provided background vocals on the song. Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Jones, and John Sebastian also provided background vocals. The song was later recorded by various artists including the Isley Brothers, The Meters, Bucks Fizz, Luther Vandross, Firefall, and Bob Seger.
Background
Stills wrote the song after being inspired by the tag line — "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with" which was a frequent remark by musician Billy Preston. Stills explained in 1991: "This song has been very good to me. The title came from a party with Billy Preston. Then I asked him if I could pinch this line he had, and he said, 'Sure.' So I took the phrase and wrote a song around it. It's a good times song, just a bit of fun. My favorite part is the steel drums. I played them before a little bit but I just kept diddling around till I found the right notes." Billy Preston may have been familiar with the song "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" from the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow which has the line "When I can't be with the girl I love, I love the girl I'm with". Like the majority of the album, Stills recorded the song over the previous summer. Former CSNY bandmate Graham Nash recalled in his book Wild Tales: "Stephen called and said, 'You remember that song of mine, "Love the One You’re With," that I cut in London? Well, I've brought the track back and we're in Wally Heider's with it. I need voices for the choruses. Any chance you and David would come down?'".
Cover versions
Several acts have since recorded the song, most notably, in 1971, the Isley Brothers as the lead single from their ninth studio album Givin' It Back, whose unique gospel-driven rendering of the song sent it to the charts again reaching number three R&B and number 18 pop, giving the group their fifth US top 40 pop single. It also reached number 10 on the US Cash Box chart. On the Canadian charts, their version reached No. 41.
British pop group Bucks Fizz covered the song as the fourth and penultimate single of their 1986 album Writing on the Wall.
Ultimately the song peaked at a low No.47 in the UK Singles Chart during a three-week run.
Australian pop group the Chantoozies released a version in February 1991.
The song was the third and final single from the group's second studio album, Gild the Lily (1991). The song peaked at number 21 on the Australian charts.
American singer-songwriter Luther Vandross released a version of the song on his ninth album, Songs (1994). It peaked within the top 30 of the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and earned Vandross a 1995 Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Gino Soccio reached number 79 in Canada with a 1988 recording of the song.
Dutch duo Pep & Rash sampled this song in their song of the same name in 2016, which was a minor hit at Number 79 in French Belgium.
In culture
In 2012, the song was featured in Ridley Scott's science fiction movie Prometheus. Idris Elba, playing Janek, sings a short phrase from the song after claiming his squeezebox once belonged to Stephen Stills.
In 2022 the song featured in the season finale of BBC series Blue Lights.
#nightair
#lovetheoneyourewith
#stephenstills
