"Together Let's Find Love" is a song written by
J. W. Alexander and
Willie Hutchingson and performed live by
The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension is an American vocal group. Their music encompasses sunshine pop, pop soul, and psychedelic soul. They were an important crossover music act of the 1960s and 1970s, although both praised and derided for their particular music ...
. It reached #8 on the
U.S. adult contemporary chart, #12 on the
Canadian adult contemporary chart, #19 on the Canadian pop chart, #22 on the
U.S. R&B chart, and #37 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1972. It was featured on their 1971 album, ''The 5th Dimension Live!!''
The song was produced by
Bones Howe
Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe (born March 18, 1933) is an American record producer and recording engineer who scored a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, often of the sunshine pop genre, starting in 1965 with The Turtles (band), the Turtles cover o ...
and arranged by
Bob Alcivar and Dave Blumberg.
The 5th Dimension, "Together Let's Find Love" single release
Retrieved January 24, 2015
Sampling
* O.C. sampled the song in his song "Ga Head" from his 1994 album '' Word...Life''.
*Lauryn Hill
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sampled the song in her song "Doo Wop (That Thing)
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" from her 1998 album ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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''.
*Boot Camp Clik
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sampled the song in their song "I Need More" from their 2007 album ''Casualties of War
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''.
References
1971 songs
1971 singles
Songs written by J. W. Alexander (musician)
The 5th Dimension songs
Song recordings produced by Bones Howe
Bell Records singles
Songs written by Willie Hutch
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