While the Youngbloods' version of "Get Together" is the most well-known, it wasn't the first. Written by Chet Powers (otherwise known as Dino Valenti) in 1963, the song was recorded and released by the Kingston Trio, the We Five and Jefferson Airplane before the Youngbloods put their own spin on it, according to American Songwriter.
"It was a Sunday afternoon and I was walking through the Village and thought, 'Oh, the Go Go's gonna be dark. I'll call the band; we can rehearse,'" Young told NPR's Tom Cole, who praised "Get Together" as an "anthem for every season."
As Young explained, the first two lines of the song really hit home at the time.
David Freiberg of Jefferson Starship recalled being similarly affected by the song (initially titled "Let's Get Together") when Powers/Valenti first played it for him while he was in Los Angeles visiting a friend.
"In pops Dino Valenti driving in like a crazy [man] and says, 'Hey man, listen to this song I just wrote!' " Freiberg said. "And we listened to it and went, 'Oh my goodness! How great that song is.' And we're quickly writing down the lyrics to it."
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"Augie Blum, the head of promotion at RCA, went to his boss and said, 'I want this song again. Now's the time for it,'" Young explained. "And they told him, 'Now Augie, we don't do that. You know we released it once. That's it.' And he said, 'You release a song again or I'm out of here.' He was too valuable for them to lose. So they put it out again, and he was right, of course. The country was ready."
C'mon people nowSmile on your brotherEv'rybody get togetherTry to love one another right now
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