"Family Affair" | ||||
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![]() One of side-A labels of the US single | ||||
Single by Sly and the Family Stone | ||||
from the album There's a Riot Goin' On | ||||
B-side | "Luv N' Haight" | |||
Released | November 6, 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | Epic 5-10805 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sly Stone | |||
Producer(s) | Sly Stone | |||
Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Family Affair" (audio) on YouTube |
"Family Affair" is a 1971 number-one hit single recorded by Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic Records label. Their first new material since the double A-sided single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"/ "Everybody Is a Star" nearly two years prior, "Family Affair" became the third and final number-one pop single for the band. In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song 57th on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[3] The cover version by John Legend, Joss Stone, and Van Hunt, won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at 49th Annual Grammy Awards.