Lean on Me

~ Recording by Club Nouveau

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Lean on Me3:58Club NouveauClub Top 13 International Juli/August 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Club Top 13
1.7Lean on Me4:02Club NouveauFormel Eins: Wild Hits!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as a release label!)1C 088 26 1305 1
1.7Lean on Me4:02Club NouveauFormel Eins: Wild Hits!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002)CDP 588-7 46785 2
1.4Lean on Me3:54Club NouveauThe Hits Album 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG UK & IrelandHITS 6
1.4Lean on Me3:57Club NouveauThe Hits Album 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CD HITS 6
1.4Lean on Me?:??Club NouveauThe Hits Tape 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)HITS C6
1.3Lean on Me4:00Club NouveauMystic Music: Cool RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Mystic MusicS22-18168
2.16Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauThe Best of 1980–1990, Volume 8Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Electrola7243 8 27529 2 9
1.3Lean on Me4:00Club NouveauArt Laboe’s Dedicated to You, Volume 5Various ArtistsCompilation
  • US1994-11-01
Original SoundOSCD 9305
1.18Lean on Me4:00Club NouveauOnly Rock 'n' Roll 1985-1989Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
JCIJCD-3128
2.9Lean on Me4:00Club NouveauThe 80's Collection: 1987 (some different tracks)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 544/10
2.9Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauThe 80's Collection: 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 544/10
2.9Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauThe 80's Collection: 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 544/10
1.6Lean on Me3:50Club NouveauThe No. 1 Hits 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1994
SR International
1.2Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauBillboard Hot R&B Hits 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-21
Rhino (reissue label)R2 72142
1.1Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauOld School Dance Lesson OneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Canada (imprint of Warner Music Canada)WTVD 33740
1.18Lean on Me3:59Club NouveauSounds of the Eighties: 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Special Markets & Products, Time–Life MusicMSD-35750, R988-09
1.11Lean on Me3:56Club NouveauClassic Club Mix: R&B GroovesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-07-23
K‐tel (International budget record label)
4.4Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauEighties CompleteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)8567612
1.4Lean on Me3:58Club NouveauDance Classics: Back to the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)0110572
1.18Lean on Me3:59Club NouveauInstant Party Disc: Extra StrengthVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-04-06
Rhino (reissue label)R2 75707
1.11Lean on Me4:00Club Nouveau#1 Hits: 1985 - 1989Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
GNP CrescendoGNPD 2273
1.17Lean on Me4:00Club NouveauThe All Time Greatest R&B of the Last 3 DecadesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media500537 9
2.10Lean On Me4:01Club NouveauBody Talk: Forever YoursVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL BYC/01
2.13Lean on Me3:59Club NouveauThe No. 1 Classic 80’s AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music AustraliaSMTV035
1.5Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauBust a Move: The Best of Old SchoolVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-05-07
Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino)
4.2Lean on Me3:58Club NouveauTop 100 Hits 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Coqueiro Verde
4.9Lean on Me3:58Club Nouveau100 Hits: 80s PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-10-06
100 HitsDMG 100 019
4.14Lean on Me3:58Club Nouveau101 80s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2008-10-25
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)50999 264685 2 5
7.5Lean on Me4:00Club NouveauRevolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records: The First Fifty YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-12-09
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)431612-2
4.12Lean on Me4:00Club Nouveau80s MegaboxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010-07-23
5186599922
1.20Lean on Me3:58Club NouveauMore 80 From the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2011-08-09
Universal Music Australia5335368
8.9Lean On Me4:00Club NouveauTestament van de EightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)533 349/350
4.19Lean On Me4:00Club Nouveau80 Hits of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-10-23
Rhino (reissue label)0825646012350
2.3Lean on Me4:00Club Nouveau80's Gold: Club '80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationHip‐O Records
1.3Lean on Me4:03Club NouveauMastermix Classic Cuts 70: CoversVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMusic Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC070
1.2Lean on Me4:01Club NouveauRock On 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.9Lean on Me4:03Club NouveauThe 80's Collection, Volume OneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8Lean On Me4:01Club NouveauTM Century: GoldDisc 149Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.2Lean on Me3:58Club NouveauLean on MeClub NouveauSingle
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)7-28430
1.1Lean on Me3:58Club NouveauLean on MeClub NouveauSingle
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)7-28430
Bootleg
19.13Lean on Me3:50Club Nouveau80’s Giga Hits CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008

Relationships

mash-ups:Lean a Migraine on Me (twenty one pilots vs. Club Nouveau) by Talk Hard Productions
recording of:Lean on Me (cover)

Lean on Me

lyricist and composer:Bill Withers
publisher:EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
Interior Music Corp.
Songs of Universal, Inc.
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
later translated versions:Ich bin da (Lean on Me)