Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)

"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"
Single by Red Box
from the album The Circle & the Square
B-side"Stinging Bee"
Released1985
Length4:32, 6:42
LabelSire
Songwriter(s)Simon Toulson-Clarke
Producer(s)David Motion
Red Box singles chronology
"Saskatchewan"
(1984)
"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"
(1985)
"For America"
(1986)

"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)" is a song by British group Red Box, released in 1985 as the third single from the debut album, The Circle & the Square. It is the band's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 3 in October 1985. The song borrows from North American Indian rhythms.[1]

Track listings

7-inch single

No.TitleLength
1."Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"4:15
2."Stinging Bee"4:36

12-inch single

No.TitleLength
1."Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)" (Dogmatix)6:42
2."Stinging Bee" (Catmatix)4:38
3."Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"4:32

Charts

References

  1. ^ Cameron, Samuel. Music in the Marketplace: A social economics approach. Routledge. ISBN 9781317934738.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 247. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 46. 18 November 1985. p. 13.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lean on Me". Irish Singles Chart.
  5. ^ "Red Box: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Red Box – Lean on Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  7. ^ "Top 100 Singles". Music Week. 18 January 1986. p. 10.