Mud. Lean on me.

[@cloughey1]

Brilliant version, instrumental ending is just magic.

[@grimupnorth]

Wasn't a Bill Withers fan but, thanks to him, we have this excellent cover of one of his songs. Close to being the best cover version of all time. Thanks Bill. Hope you had someone to lean on in your last hours.

[@Scripture-Man]

My dad was a super fan of Mud, and my parents were both close friends with Les Gray back in the day. My dad passed away just last week and this was the song he wanted playing at the end of his funeral. Brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful song. RIP Les, and Dad

[@janetwhite4272]

Sorry about your dad. Been loving this song again recently even more than I did when it was first in the charts. Great choice for a funeral. Really special song

[@janetwhite4272]

Hope you're doing okay

[@philipdowns6723]

Takes me back to December 1976, when this was played a lot.

[@michaeljacksonnr1]

To me this is the best cover of this beautiful song.🙏🙏❤ LOVE it!

[@phoenixlazarus5184]

That bit of music that finishes this is absolutely gorgeous.

[@CelebrateDiversity1]

I always really liked the instrumental part at the end of this-and still do!! I spoke to Dave Mount at the bar (in the Town & Country Club,Kentish Town in 81 or 82) and told him i really liked this instrumental part and I asked him who arranged it and he said 'we did'.I met him a few more times in the early 80s and I even went to his flat one Sunday afternoon!I'm still very sorry he died and aged only 59-and that one can find out so little about it online!!?He was a very nice bloke!!

[@JL-pw9bb]

My cousins lived near to his flat and whenever we’d see him, Dave always waved & said hi 💜 Sometimes we saw all of Mud wandering about in Tooting, where I lived! I discovered years later about the recording studios over what is now the Mixed Blessings bakery :) They were all really lovely guys, especially to star-struck teens 😁

[@mastercook62]

I know its 10 years on since this post but it always reminds me of Christmas 🎅

[@tienkesugarlips8895]

beautiful memories ... wonderful group ... lovely songs .... mud gives me happiness when i had so much pain ........

[@pauljennings7668]

Love this cover, especially the intro and outro.

[@petersummers3508]

I served Mud coffee at the Royal Hotel Scunthorpe in the seventies. Lean on me should be released again and be in the top 3. Superb version like Oh Boy with the accapella.

[@kevinholgate8133]

Have this in my collection of 300 + vinyls No. 7 in the charts back in 1976

[@ivanpedley8256]

I love the ending to the song

[@marc7710]

I first heard this song back in the 70's. I did see Mud played at the club fiesta in Norton, Stockton on Tees and twice that was. Really good band and this song brings back many memories for me. Thank you so much.

[@andrewc4612]

Great song, and what a mint ending.

[@Henrik2860]

Absolutely love the outtro , wish it was longer...

[@robertdavies7540]

So do I my friend, so uplifting...

[@janetphethean1926]

Best version of the song. Mum bought the record for me and my brother

[@andrewsparsholtt5338]

love the song, lean on me, Mud.

[@danielwilder7835]

never knew this version existed, incredible, love it. how come this never gets played more i don't know.

[@michaeljackaman6113]

Christmas version of lean on me, absolutely superb

[@mastercook62]

But It's never played on any station to my knowledge as a Christmas song? Absolutely love this track!

[@sariterhikki]

MUD was my first ever favorite band and still is - among many others later now...

[@catsovner]

Me too and you are so right its the best version I also love MUD and always will

[@neilbown4626]

What a lovely song, why can’t they make songs like that anymore

[@kielerdeern3115]

mud's best song, I think ....🚤🛥⛴⚓️

[@sariterhikki]

WOW, what vocals together!!! totally love this!!!

[@leamlane36]

what a cracking little number

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

I remember this song and playing it in my own personal record player.

[@catsovner]

@rammatutt you are so right Muds version is and will always be the best

[@iDATUS]

great post showing pictures of mud. i remember when this was on top of the pops and i have the single somewhere. it was there best song and always makes me feel great when i played it. work of art!

[@Edman910]

Love this version by Mud --Saw them play live in the 1970's and they were increbibly good , great harmonies , great showmanship oh yes and they could play well , very well, very-very well - - get the picture ??? ..lol .................... The instrumental intro and out outro is just so nice, brings back great memories...Thankyou Les and Co xx

[@iansmith384]

My favourite version of this song! Love the outro. Pax to all from soulboy73.Xxx.

[@kevinfollows6304]

Mud at their finest.

[@provencedomi]

So lovely song I just love it

[@catsovner]

@provencedomi Yes it is a lovely song

[@paulfborth]

Hi, sorry for writing in English, but MUD were the first band I was ever into, great Music, and although this was a B side of a single, it's still great!

[@robertdavies7540]

I was never a Mud fan, but Paul Gambaccini has just played this on BBC R2's Pick of the Pops, and I'd quite forgotten how this was such a beautifully performed and produced number - what ever happened to the guy in the frock...?

[@ianthomas4498]

Rob Davis had a brief spell with band Darts and then became a successful writer/producer incl. writing Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Head.

[@catsovner]

You are so right and if you not have heard some of the other Mud-songs then try listen to them

[@lindastanley229]

Beautiful and a profound message from pee wee Tom's x

[@wanderowa]

The ending orchestral part of this song always reminds me to the rainy London though I have never been ther :-)

[@catsovner]

It is the same with me i also still love Muds songs but i also like many others

[@catsovner]

@iDatus Thank you so much for your nice comment i still like the songs and i still have the records and i also have a lot of cds with MUD now

[@catsovner]

Thanks i am glad you like this i also still after so many yers like them and their songs

[@catsovner]

@regentv980 Yes Muds version is the best.My favorite with Mud is rocket because it was the first record i bought with them

[@henrywilloughby8333]

Derek and the dominoes also recorded this

[@flyingunicorn]

Dejlig, dejlig sang. De havde talent for mange genre. Som altid rigtig gode billeder du har i video. Mange søde dyrebilleder og rigtig gode billeder af Mud.

[@martinmilner5946]

Mud's version is reasonable. But the great RNB artists are better with this one. I always preferred Mud's original work to their covers (although they did interpret their covers their way, which is good). Mud - the great British Party Band of the 70s. They provided so much fun for everyone.

[@catsovner]

i like muds version better mabye because i am not a huge RNB fan

[@catsovner]

thats ok writing in english yes they were just great i still love their music

[@catsovner]

ja den er rigtig god og det er sandt hvad de synger billederne er igen min søsters fortjeneste undtagen mud-billederne

[@catsovner]

I like it very much too but i like all Mudsongs the one i like best is Rocket it was the first single i got with Mud

[@catsovner]

ja og her kan man rigtig høre hvor god en stemme han havde

[@leemurphy8159]

Ruined a beautiful classic