Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)

"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)" is a song by British group Red Box, released in 1985 as the third single from the debut album, The Circle & the Square. It is the band's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 3 in October 1985. The song borrows from North American Indian rhythms.^[1]

"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"
Single by Red Box
from the album The Circle & the Square
B-side	"Stinging Bee"
Released	1985
Length	4:32, 6:42
Label	Sire
Songwriter	Simon Toulson-Clarke
Producer	David Motion
Red Box singles chronology
"Saskatchewan" (1984) "Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)" (1985) "For America" (1986)

Track listings

7-inch single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"	4:15
2.	"Stinging Bee"	4:36

12-inch single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)" (Dogmatix)	6:42
2.	"Stinging Bee" (Catmatix)	4:38
3.	"Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"	4:32

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1985–1986) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 29 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[3] 27 Ireland (IRMA)[4] 2 UK Singles (OCC)[5] 3 West Germany (GfK)[6] 27

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position UK Singles (OCC)[7] 36