| "Love the One You're With" | ||||
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| Single by Stephen Stills | ||||
| from the album Stephen Stills | ||||
| B-side | "To a Flame" | |||
| Released | November 1970 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stephen Stills | |||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Stills | |||
| Stephen Stills singles chronology | ||||
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| "Love the One You're With") on YouTube | ||||
"Love the One You're With" is a song by American folk rock musician Stephen Stills. It was released as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album in November 1970. The song, inspired by a remark Stills heard from musician Billy Preston, became his biggest hit single, peaking at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971.[1] David Crosby and Graham Nash, Stills's fellow members of Crosby, Stills & Nash, provide background vocals on the song. Also providing the backups are Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Jones, and John Sebastian. They all sing the "Do Dos" that come before the instrumental portion and the outro. The song was also recorded by the Isley Brothers, The Meters, Bucks Fizz, Luther Vandross, Bob Seger and Richard Clapton, among others.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 606.