"Reunited" is a hit

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for R&B vocal duo

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. As the second single release from their album, ''

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'' (1978), the song was a huge crossover smash, topping both the pop and soul charts. It spent four weeks at number one on both the R&B singles chart and the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in 1979 and sold over two million copies. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1979. In Canada, "Reunited" likewise reached number one and was the No. 9 song for the year. The song was written by

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and

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. It was the sequel to the duo's 1968 hit " (We'll Be) United", performed with the original Peaches, which was itself a cover of The Intruders' original 1966 hit.

Chart performance

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Sales and certifications

Cover versions

* A version by

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and

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reached #13 on the

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chart in 1979. * It was regularly covered by

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as the intro song to the live shows on their 2009/2010 reunion tour. * It was sung by

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at the fall of the

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in 1989. *

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recorded a version with

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for her album ''

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'' (2002). It also appeared on Cliff's 2006 album '' Two's Company: The Duets''. *

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and Bobb'e J. Thompson sang "Reunited" in the

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episode of ''

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'', "The Grill Next Door" (2005).

Sampled versions

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n rapper

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sampled in "First Love" (첫사랑) from the album ''Money Talks'' (2007).

Uses in popular culture

* It appears in the TV series ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and was also used as the theme for the

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TV series ''Stars Reunited'' between 2003 and 2004. * It also appears in the comedy movie ''

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'' (1999). * The song featured in the comedy movie ''

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'' (2002) for the scenes where the lonely widower judge forces some unsuspecting man to wear his late wife's dress and spoon with him. * The song appeared on the September 16, 2019 episode of ESPN's Monday Night Countdown about

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's return to

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as a member of the

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. * It appears in episode 7 of season 1 of the BBC time travel procedural television series '' Ashes to Ashes'', originally broadcast on March 20, 2008. * It is featured as the song for a spring 2021 Saint Louis Zoo commercial, welcoming guests back to the zoo after winter during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lyrics of this song
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