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About|the 1972 song|the Hanson song|Where's the Love|the Black Eyed Peas song|Where Is the Love? Infobox Single || Name = Where Is the Love| Cover =| Artist = Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway | Album = Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | B-side =| Released = 1972 in music|1972 | Format = Gramophone record|7" single | Recorded =| Genre = Soul music|Soul | Length = 2:43| Label = Atlantic Records|Atlantic | Writer = Ralph MacDonald William SalterAllmusic|class=song|id=t809536|pure_url=yes Where Is the Love Allmusic .| Producer = Joel Dorn Arif Mardin | Certification = Gold| Misc = Extra chronology| Artist = Roberta Flack | Type = singles| Last single = " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " (1972)| This single = " Where Is the Love " (1972)| Next single = " Killing Me Softly with His Song " (1973)| Misc =Extra chronology| Artist = Donny Hathaway | Type = singles| Last single = "I Thank You" 1972)| This single = " Where Is the Love " (1972)| Next single = "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (1972)" Where Is the Love " is a popular song written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter, and recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway . Released in 1972 from their album, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway . It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent a week each at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening (July 1972)Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 109. and Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|R& B (August 1972) charts.cite book |title= Top R& B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=206 The song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal .
Chart positions
Chart (1972)
Peak position
Hot 100
5
Best Selling Soul Singles
1
Easy Listening
1
Cover versions
There have been numerous cover version s. Helen Reddy recorded a version in 1972 on her Capitol album I Am Woman . South Vietnamese band The Dreamers recorded cover version in 1972 and it was very popular in South Vietnam . Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 had a top 20 easy listening hit with their 1973 cover version. Liza Minnelli covered it on her 1973 in music|1973 album The Singer . Eurovision song contest winner Dana Rosemary Scallon|Dana recorded a version in the mid-1970s. Jazz legend Woody Herman recorded an Alan Broadbent arrangement for his album Children of Lima that featured a bassoon solo by Frank Tiberi . Stephanie Mills and Robert Brookins recorded a version that peaked at number 18 on the R& B chart in 1988. In 1995, the song was covered for the soundtrack to the film Dead Presidents by Jesse & Trina, and this version reached number 40 on the R& B chart.Allmusic|class=album|id=r224034/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes 1995 chart info AllMusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
Australian singer Rick Price and New Zealand singer Margaret Urlich had a hit on the Australian charts with the song in 1993.
See also
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.)
List of number-one R& B singles of 1972 (U.S.)
References
Reflist Category:1972 singles Category:Roberta Flack songs Category:Donny Hathaway songs Category:Billboard Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles Category:Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles Category:Vocal duets Category:Songs produced by Arif Mardin
