Let's Go Get Stoned (Redirected from Let's Go Get Stoned (Ray Charles song))

"Let's Go Get Stoned"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Crying Time
B-side"The Train"
Released1966
GenreR&B
Length2:57
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Josephine Armstead
Producer(s)Joe Adams
Ray Charles singles chronology
"Together Again"
(1966)
"Let's Go Get Stoned"
(1966)
"I Don't Need No Doctor"
(1966)

"Let's Go Get Stoned" is a song originally recorded by The Coasters in May 1965. It was written by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, and Josephine Armstead. Ronnie Milsap recorded it in October 1965 as a B-side to the single, "Never Had It So Good.

Ray Charles recording

It was a 1966 number one R&B hit for American recording artist Ray Charles. The single was released shortly after Charles was released from rehab after a 16-year heroin addiction. Charles heard a 1965 recording of the song by Ronnie Milsap. According to Milsap, Charles liked his version of the song so much that he decided to record it himself. It is notable for being one of Ashford & Simpson's first successful compositions together; the duo also penned Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor".

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 31
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

Other notable covers


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