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Let Your Hair Down (The Temptations song)

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"Let Your Hair Down"
Single by The Temptations
from the album 1990
B-side"Ain't No Justice"
ReleasedNovember 1973
GenreSoul, Funk
Length2:40
LabelGordy (Motown)
Songwriter(s)Norman Whitfield
Producer(s)Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"Law of the Land"
(1973)
"Let Your Hair Down"
(1973)
"Heavenly"
(1974)

"Let Your Hair Down" is a 1973 single by American vocal group The Temptations. The track appeared on the Temptations 1973 album, 1990.

Song Background

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Dennis Edwards sings lead and the group is backed by Rose Royce for this track.

Chart performance

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Released as a single in November of that year, it reached the number one spot on the R&B Singles Chart in February 1974 (their last R&B #1 with collaborator Norman Whitfield) but was less successful on the Pop Singles Chart, stalling at #27.[1]

Personnel

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Cover Versions

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  • Funk singer Yvonne Fair also recorded the song for her debut (and only) album, 1975's The Bitch is Black.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 572.