Let Your Hair Down (The Temptations song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Let Your Hair Down
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Temptations
| album = 1990
| B-side = Ain't No Justice
| released = November 1973
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:40
| label = Gordy (Motown)
| writer = Norman Whitfield
| producer = Norman Whitfield
| prev_title = Law of the Land
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Heavenly
| next_year = 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
Dennis Edwards sings lead and the group is backed by Rose Royce for this track.
==Chart performance==
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.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=572}}
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards
- Background vocals by Richard Street, Damon Harris, Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin
- Instrumentation by Rose Royce
- Written and produced by Norman Whitfield
Cover Versions
- 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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Category:Songs written by Norman Whitfield
Category:Song recordings produced by Norman Whitfield
Category:Gordy Records singles
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