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samples the song in his single "LLovely Day". UK band
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1816:The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lovely Day"
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1941:"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2020 Singles"
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1625:"Bill Withers - Full Official Chart History"
313:s "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time" in 2021.
3128:Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1
2571:Withers original single info at discogs.com
2095:"Soul System - Full Official Chart History"
1704:"Lean On Me singer Bill Withers dies at 81"
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3390:Maxwell & Jill Scott: The Tour
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3038:Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
2739:The Essential Bill Withers
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1739:"Songs from the Year 1978"
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2121:(1992). "Soundtrack –
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1486:"Lovely Day" has been
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1181:and number two on the
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3370:Words and Sounds Tour
2714:Live at Carnegie Hall
2438:"Top 100 Pop Singles"
2216:. February 21, 2014.
2137:. (December 4, 1992).
1166:and number 44 on the
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3149:The Light of the Sun
2239:Ryan, Gavin (2011).
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1264:'s "What Is Love?",
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2771:Everybody's Talkin'
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3375:Big Beautiful Tour
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2989:Don't Make Me Over
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2813:Just the Two of Us
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