Steppin’ Right Along

~ Recording by Bill Withers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:43Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP1985-06-21
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)28AP 3032
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 39887
1.8Steppin’ Right Along?:??Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FCT 39887
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FC 39887
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:43Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP1986-01-22
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)32DP 267
1.7Steppin’ Right Along5:47Bill WithersLovely DaysBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1989-03-22
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)01.463252.10, 463252 2
1.7Steppin’ Right Along5:47Bill WithersLovely DaysBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)463252-2
1.12Steppin’ Right Alone5:38Bill WithersThe CollectionBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01 5070 61
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:43Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP1991-10-10
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS-6132
1.13Steppin' Right Along5:47Bill WithersLean on Me: The Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-08-09
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 52924
1.13Steppin' Right Along5:47Bill WithersLean on Me: The Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)480506 2
1.13Steppin' Right Along5:47Bill WithersLean On Me - The Best Of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
1.4Steppin' Right Along5:42Bill WithersAin't No SunshineBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1997-09-08
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 985506 2
1.16Steppin’ Right Along5:42Bill WithersThe Best of Bill Withers: Lean on MeBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-05-30
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 63852
2.13Steppin’ Right Along5:43Bill WithersThe Ultimate Bill Withers CollectionBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2000-10-21
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)500604 2
1.16Stepping' Right Along5:42Bill WithersThe Best of Bill Withers: Lean on MeBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
1.7Steppin’ Right Along5:42Bill WithersSuper HitsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.7Steppin’ Right Along5:42Bill WithersSuper HitsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)504734 2
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:44Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Anthology’s3072002
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:44Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697894672-9
2.12Steppin' Right Along5:44Bill WithersThe Very Best of Billy Paul & Bill WithersBilly Paul & Bill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2002-08-22
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)757174
1.14Steppin' Right Long5:45Bill WithersJust The Two Of Us - BestBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Phono Music Zounds (German Label releasing digitally remastered "Best Of CDs" within the ZOUNDS Best Of Series.)2700020122 B
2.10Steppin' Right Along5:41Bill WithersMastercuts Gold: Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-02-02
Pinnacle (UK-based distributor & label)
4.12Steppin’ Right Along5:44Bill WithersLes Quatre plus grandes légendes de la soulAretha Franklin / Otis Redding / Billy Paul / Bill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Strategic Marketing Group, Warner Music France, wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below; mainly used in Europe and Brazil)5051442561821
2.10Steppin' Right Along5:41Bill WithersMastercuts Gold: Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Apace MusicMCUTGCD02
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching Me (Apple Digital Master)Bill WithersAlbum
  • US2008-09-05
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:46Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • XW2008-10-14
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.8Steppin' Right Along5:45Bill WithersS.O.U.L. (Bill Withers)Bill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)83744
9.8Steppin’ Right Along5:46Bill WithersThe Complete Sussex and Columbia AlbumsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-11-05
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697894672
9.8Steppin’ Right Along5:46Bill WithersBill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia AlbumsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-11-06
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.13Steppin' Right Along5:45Bill WithersThe Real Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-04-28
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88843054952
5.8Steppin' Right Along5:46Bill WithersOriginal Album ClassicsBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88843065752
1.13Steppin’ Right Along5:45Bill WithersLean on Me: The Best of Bill WithersBill WithersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-04-24
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)G010002010524M
1.8Steppin’ Right Along5:47Bill WithersWatching You Watching Me (24-bit 96 kHz high definition)Bill WithersAlbum
  • -2015
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.8Steppin’ Right Along?:??Bill WithersWatching You Watching MeBill WithersAlbum
  • JP2016-07-27
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint)SICP-4859
1.7Steppin’ Right Along5:45Bill WithersSuper Hits (iTunes)Bill WithersAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.11Steppin’ Right Alone5:38Bill WithersThe CollectionBill WithersAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Keith Seppanen (Engineer)
producer:Bill Withers
clavinet and synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7]:Bill Withers
drums (drum set):John Robinson (session drummer)
electronic drum set [Simmons], hi-hat, tambourine and tom-tom [toms]:M.B. Gordy
guitar:Joe Kelly (obscure disco artist)
percussion:Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, pizzicato, horns]:Paul Smith (keyboardist/producer, worked with Bill Withers and Idris Muhammad)
synthesizer [Yamaha DX-7, strings, voices] and vibraphone [vibes]:Don Freeman
other vocals [Hots!]:Denise Routt
vocals:Bill Withers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1985)
recorded at:Yamaha R&D Recording Studios
recording of:Steppin’ Right Along

Steppin’ Right Along

lyricist and composer:Bill Withers
publisher:フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
Bleunig Music (from 1983 to present)