Reunited (song)

"Reunited"
Single by Peaches & Herb
from the album 2 Hot
B-side	"Easy as Pie"
Released	March 1979 (U.S.)
Format	7" single
Recorded	1977
Genre	R&B
Length	3:58
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Dino Fekaris Freddie Perren
Producer(s)	Freddie Perren
Peaches & Herb singles chronology
Soothe Me with Your Love (1977) Easy as Pie (1979) Shake Your Groove Thing (1978)

"Reunited" was a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single release from their 1978 album, 2 Hot, 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^[1] and sold over 2 million copies. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1979.^[2]

The song was written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren, and was the sequel song to the duo's 1968 hit "(We'll Be) United", which was itself a cover of The Intruders' original 1966 hit.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[8]	Platinum	10,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	Silver	250,000^^
United States (RIAA)[10]	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 Together album.
• Raven-Symoné and Bobb'e J. Thompson sang "Reunited" in 2005 in the Season 3 episode of That's So Raven "The Grill Next Door".

Sampled versions

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

Uses in popular culture

• Peaches and Herb's version appears in a 2014 TV commercial for H&R Block. It appears in the TV shows Son of the Beach, Haven, Grounded for Life and was also used as the theme for the BBC TV series Stars Reunited between 2003 and 2004.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 454.
2. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3asHf8dFDvI
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLGYDyB7Jtg
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uvmh75xxs
6. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/peaches-herb/id867627
7. Peaches & Herb#History
8. "Canadian single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Reunited". Music Canada. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
9. "British single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Reunited". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 March 2012. Enter Reunited in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
10. "American single certifications – Peaches & Herb – Reunited". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 29 March 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH