Lean on You

"Lean on You"
"Lean on You"
	RG Jones, London, UK
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Alan Tarney
Producer(s)	Alan Tarney
Cliff Richard singles chronology
Music video
	"Lean On You" on YouTube

"Lean on You" is a song by British singer

UK Singles Chart

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Track listing

UK single

7-inch vinyl (including limited edition picture disc^[1])

"Lean on You" (4:50)^[2]
"Hey Mister" (3:54)^[2]

12-inch vinyl

"Lean on You" (Extended Mix) (8:15)^[3]
"Lean on You" (4:50)^[4]
"Hey Mister" (3:54)^[4]

CD Single

"Lean on You" (Extended Mix) (8:15)
"Lean on You" (5:02)
"Hey Mister" (3:54)

Personnel

As per the booklet for the Stronger CD:^[5]

Cliff Richard - lead and backing vocals
Alan Tarney - writer, producer, arranger, backing vocals
Gerry Kitchingham - engineer
Ben Robbins - assistant engineer

Chart performance

Charts (1989)	Peak position
Australia (AMR)^[6]	93
Germany (Official German Charts)^[7]	60
Ireland (IRMA)^[8]	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[9]	66
UK Singles (OCC)^[10]	17

References

^ "Lean on You" (7-inch picture disc). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Lean on You" (7-inch). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "Lean on You (Extended Mix)" (12-inch). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Lean on You / Hey Mister (B-side)" (12-inch). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "Stronger" (CD booklet). discogs.com. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks from January 1970 to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251.
  ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The chart information between January 1970 and April 1974 in this book was retrospectively calculated. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA
  between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988, but continued on as the "Australian Music Report".
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Cliff Richard in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ "Cliff Richard – Lean On You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lean On You". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Cliff Richard – Lean On You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

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[uk7pd-1] "Lean on You" (7-inch picture disc). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[uk7-2] "Lean on You" (7-inch). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[3] "Lean on You (Extended Mix)" (12-inch). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[uk12-4] "Lean on You / Hey Mister (B-side)" (12-inch). discogs.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[booklet-5] "Stronger" (CD booklet). discogs.com. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[aus-6] Australian chart peaks:
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks from January 1970 to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251.
ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The chart information between January 1970 and April 1974 in this book was retrospectively calculated. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA
between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988, but continued on as the "Australian Music Report".

Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Cliff Richard in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

[7] Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks from January 1970 to 19 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251.
ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The chart information between January 1970 and April 1974 in this book was retrospectively calculated. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA
between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988, but continued on as the "Australian Music Report".

[8] Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from 26 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Cliff Richard in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

[sc_Germany_Cliff_Richard-7] "Cliff Richard – Lean On You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.

[sc_Ireland2_Cliff_Richard-8] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lean On You". Irish Singles Chart.

[sc_Dutch100_Cliff_Richard-9] "Cliff Richard – Lean On You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Cliff_Richard-10] "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

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1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" / "Dynamite" (1959)
1960s	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) "Fall in Love with You" (1960) "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "Theme for a Dream" (1961) "Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "What'd I Say" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) "Forty Days" (1961) "Outsider" (1962) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "Catch Me" (1962) " I'm Looking out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance? " (1962) "Lessons in Love" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "Wonderful to Be Young" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "Don't Talk to Him" (1963) "Maria No Mas" (1963) "I'm the Lonely One" (1964) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "On the Beach" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Angel" (1965) "On My Word" (1965) "The Time in Between" (1965) "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "Time Drags By" (1966) "In the Country" (1966) "It's All Over" (1967) "I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "I'll Love You Forever Today" (1968) "Wonderful World" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Don't Forget to Catch Me" (1968) "Good Times (Better Times)" (1969) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969) "With the Eyes of a Child" (1969)
1970s	"The Joy of Living" (1970) "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Silvery Rain" (1971) "Flying Machine" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Jesus" (1972) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Help It Along" (1973) "Take Me High" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) " Honky Tonk Angel " (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) "My Kinda Life" (1977) "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) "Green Light" (1979) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Dreamin'" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) "Wired for Sound" (1981) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "The Only Way Out" (1982) "Little Town" (1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) "Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "My Pretty One" (1987) "Some People" (1987) "Remember Me" (1987) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "The Best of Me" (1989) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Lean on You" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "More to Life" (1991) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "This New Year" (1991) "I Still Believe in You" (1992) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017)