Song · Youngbloods
“Get Together” by Youngbloods
From the album The Youngbloods (1967)
“Get Together” by Youngbloods appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2002 and 2023. It was first released in 1967 on the album The Youngbloods. Its best result is #224 on the BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,781 indie & aaa song of all time.
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The Youngbloods put "Get Together" on their 1967 debut, The Youngbloods, and it's a plea for peace and brotherhood sung with a straight face: the song sets love against fear as the choice in front of everybody and asks them to pick love. Jesse Colin Young sings lead and plays bass, Jerry Corbitt and Lowell Levinger handle the guitars and harmonies, Levinger adds keyboard, Joe Bauer drums, and Felix Pappalardi produced.
The tune came from Chet Powers, the Quicksilver Messenger Service man who went by Dino Valenti, who had recorded his own "Let's Get Together" as early as 1963; that take sat unreleased until 1996. The Youngbloods' version burned on a slow fuse, climbing to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 568 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 857 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2004 | 729 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2014 | 224 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 658 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 998 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 306 | 100.7 KSLX | KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) | 499 |
| 2021 | 948 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 661 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 727 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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