Reunited (song)

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"Reunited" is a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single release from their album, 2 Hot (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^[4] 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.^[5]

"Reunited"
Side A of the New Zealand single
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side	"Easy as Pie"
Released	March 1979 (1979-03)
Recorded	1978
Genre	R&B[1] soft rock[1] disco[2] smooth soul[3]
Length	5:46
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Dino Fekaris Freddie Perren
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
"Shake Your Groove Thing" (1978) "Reunited" (1979) "We've Got Love" (1979)

The song was written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren. 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.^[6][7][8][9]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10]	8
Canada (RPM Top Singles)	1
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)[11]	1
Ireland (IRMA)[12]	3
Netherlands	2
New Zealand (RIANZ)[13]	2
Spain (AFE)[14]	1
UK[15]	4
US Billboard Hot 100[16]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[17]	4
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[18]	1
US Cash Box Top 100[19]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report) [10]	58
Canada[20]	9
New Zealand[21]	18
UK[22]	27
US Billboard Hot 100[23]	5
US Cash Box Top 100[24]	9

All-time charts

Chart (1979–2018)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100[25]	304

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[26]	Platinum	150,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[27]	Silver	250,000^
United States (RIAA)[28]	Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

• A version by Louise Mandrell and R. C. Bannon reached #13 on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1979.
• It was regularly covered by Faith No More as the intro song to the live shows on their 2009/2010 reunion tour.
• It was sung by David Hasselhoff at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
• Lulu recorded a version with Cliff Richard for her album Together (2002). It also appeared on Cliff's 2006 album Two's Company: The Duets.
• Raven-Symoné and Bobb'e J. Thompson sang "Reunited" in the season 3 episode of That's So Raven, "The Grill Next Door" (2005).

Sampled versions

• South Korean rapper Cho PD sampled in "First Love" (첫사랑) from the album Money Talks (2007).

Uses in popular culture

• It appears in the TV series Son of the Beach, Haven, Grounded for Life, King of the Hill, Raising Hope, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, That '70s Show and was also used as the theme for the BBC TV series Stars Reunited between 2003 and 2004.
• It also appears in the comedy movie Dudley Do-Right (1999).
• The song featured in the comedy movie Stealing Harvard (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 Odell Beckham Jr.'s return to MetLife Stadium as a member of the Cleveland Browns.
• 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.

References

1. Smith, Troy L. (14 December 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
2. Molanphy, Chris (March 25, 2022). "Killing Me Softly Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
3. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "Movin' On Up: Corporate Soul". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 454.
5. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
6. "The Intruders - (We'll Be) United". YouTube. 2008-03-31. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
7. "(We'll Be ) United - Peaches & Herb". YouTube. 2012-09-04. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
8. "Reunited (Peaches & Herbs) with lyrics". YouTube. 2010-05-15. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
9. "Peaches & Herb on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. 1942-10-01. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
10. "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via Imgur.com.
11. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-06-16. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Re-united". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
13. "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1979-06-24. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
14. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
15. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
16. "Peaches Herb Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
17. "Peaches Herb Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
18. "Peaches Herb Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
19. "Top 100 1979-05-26". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
20. "Top Singles – Volume 32, No. 13, December 22, 1979". RPM. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2014 – via Library and Archives Canada.
21. "Top Selling Singles of 1979 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1979-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
22. "Top Singles 1979". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 22 December 1979. p. 27.
23. "Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
24. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1979". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
25. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
26. "Canadian single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Reunited". Music Canada. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
27. "British single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Reunited". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
28. "American single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Reunited". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

External links

• Lyrics of this song
• Peaches & Herb - Reunited on YouTube