You Ought to Be With Me

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“You Ought to Be With Me”
Single by Al Green
from the album Call Me
Released 1972
Format 7" single
Genre Soul
Length 3:19
Label Hi Records
Writer(s) Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr, Willie Mitchell
Certification Gold
Al Green singles chronology
"Guilty"
(1972)
"You Ought to Be With Me"
(1972)
"Hot Wire"
(1973)

"You Ought to Be With Me" is the name of a well known song by Al Green. Released from his classic album, Call Me, the single spent a week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was also successful on the pop charts, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1972. It would eventually sell over one million copies.

[edit] Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1


Preceded by
"If You Don't Know Me by Now" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Billboard's Hot Soul number one single
December 2, 1972
Succeeded by
"Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul