Talk:Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone song)

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Move discussion in progress
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Release date
November 6, 1971 can't be the release date. That is the date of the Billboard magazine issue where it first appeared on the Hot 100 chart - a lot of people use chart dates as release dates. Billboard reviewed the single in the October 30 issue. Other websites list Oct. 15, which is good enough for my own personal cataloging. Since I don't know just how accurate those sites are, I'm just going to change the date to October, rather than October 15. PatConolly (talk) 00:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I also searched for a release date, ultimately sourcing via the official Sly Stone website. The following is from the BIO section of the website: One of those dark grooves was the lilting, melodic “Family Affair” which was issued as Sly and the Family Stone’s long-awaited new single in late-October 1971. The single catalog number per Discogs.com: 5-10805 also has a release date of OCT 1971. Hope this helps to clear up any confusion. 99.47.248.31 (talk) 23:02, 10 March 2022 (UTC)