Soul R&B Music Charts of 1971 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1971 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1971, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

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to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1971, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1971 . . .

The following songs were released in 1971 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1971 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
501	recordlabel: Epic 5 10805 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #15 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: There's A Riot Goin' On comments: [funk]	Sly & the Family Stone	Family Affair	1971	Epic
502	recordlabel: Brunswick 55462 chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3 writtenby: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Chi-Lites	Have You Seen Her	1971	Brunswick
503	recordlabel: MGM 14193 chartposition: RandB #6, US #1, UK #51, US AC #37 writtenby: George Jackson album: Osmonds comments: [pop soul]	The Osmonds	One Bad Apple	1971	MGM
504	recordlabel: Tamla 54201 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2 writtenby: Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson & Marvin Gaye album: What's Going On comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On	1971	Tamla
505	recordlabel: Motown 1177 chartposition: RandB #2, UK #25, US #2 writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	Mama's Pearl	1971	Motown
506	recordlabel: United Artists 50721 chartposition: RandB #20, US #3 writtenby: Eddie Cornelius album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose comments: [northern soul]	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	Treat Her Like a Lady	1971	United Artists
507	recordlabel: Liberty 56216 chartposition: RandB #5, US #4 writtenby: John Fogerty album: Workin' Together	Ike & Tina Turner	Proud Mary	1971	Liberty
508	recordlabel: Tamla 54208 chartposition: RandB #4, US #8, UK #20, US AC #10 writtenby: Stevie Wonder & Syreeta album: Where I'm Coming From / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7 comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	If You Really Love Me	1971	Tamla
509	recordlabel: Atlantic 2796 chartposition: RandB #1, US #6, US AC #40 writtenby: Paul Simon album: Live At Fillmore West comments: [ballad]	Aretha Franklin	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1971	Atlantic
510	recordlabel: Tamla 54207 chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #51, US AC #34 writtenby: Marvin Gaye album: What's Going On comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	1971	Tamla
511	recordlabel: Hi 2194 chartposition: RandB #7, US #11, UK #4 writtenby: Al Green album: Al Green Gets Next To You comments: (southern soul)	Al Green	Tired of Being Alone	1971	Hi
512	recordlabel: Probe 532 (UK) chartposition: UK #1 writtenby: Ray Whitley album: The Best Of The Tams comments: (re release) [southern soul]	The Tams	Hey Girl Don't Bother Me	1971	Probe(UK)
513	recordlabel: Sussex 219 chartposition: RandB #6, US #3, US AC #2 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Just As I Am comments: [ballad]	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	1971	Sussex
514	recordlabel: Gordy 7108 chartposition: RandB #2, US #3, US AC #34 writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong album: The Undisputed Truth comments: [Motown Sound]	The Undisputed Truth	Smiling Faces Sometimes	1971	Gordy
515	recordlabel: Atlantic 452797 chartposition: RandB #1, US #13 writtenby: Wilson Pickett & Brad Shapiro album: Don't Knock My Love	Wilson Pickett	Don't Knock My Love	1971	Atlantic
516	recordlabel: Invictus 9092 chartposition: RandB #3, US #12 writtenby: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond album: Contact	Freda Payne	Bring the Boys Home	1971	Invictus
517	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 762(UK) chartposition: UK #11 writtenby: Richard Morris and Sylvia Moy album: Ridin' High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Forget Me Not	1971	Tamla Motown (UK)
518	recordlabel: Bell 1141(UK) chartposition: UK #9, US #102 writtenby: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay album: The Fantastics comments: [pop soul]	The Fantastics	Something Old, Something New	1971	Bell (UK)
519	recordlabel: Chimneyville 437 chartposition: RandB #5, US #29 writtenby: King Floyd album: King Floyd comments: [southern soul funk]	King Floyd	Baby Let Me Kiss You	1971	Chimneyville
520	recordlabel: King 6368 chartposition: RandB #3, US 29 writtenby: James Brown album: Revolution of the Mind Live at the Apollo, Volume III comments: [funk]	James Brown	Soul Power	1971	King
521	recordlabel: Soul 35091 chartposition: RandB #3, US #27 writtenby: Clay McMurray album: Standing Ovation comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To	1971	Soul
522	recordlabel: Invictus 9098 chartposition: RandB #3, US #28 writtenby: A. Bond, G. Perry, G. Johnson, R. Dunbar album: 8th Day	The 8th Day	You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)	1971	Invictus
523	recordlabel: Top & Bottom 407 chartposition: RandB #10, US #23 writtenby: Van McCoy & Joe Cobb comments: [philly sound sweet soul]	Brenda & the Tabulations	Right on the Tip of My Tongue	1971	Top & Bottom
524	recordlabel: Stax 0085 chartposition: RandB #1, US #28 writtenby: Kay Barker, Don Davis & James Wilson album: One Step Beyond comments: [southern soul]	Johnnie Taylor	Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone	1971	Stax
525	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 840 chartposition: RandB #18, US #50, UK #16 writtenby: Gloria Jones, Johnny Bristol & Pam Sawyer album: Rainbow Funk / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8 comments: [Motown Sound]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Take Me Girl, I'm Ready	1971	Tamla Motown
526	recordlabel: Atlantic 2808 chartposition: RandB #8, US #29, US AC #36 writtenby: Carole King album: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway / The Best of Donny Hathaway	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	You've Got a Friend	1971	Atlantic
527	recordlabel: Stax 0083 chartposition: RandB #6, US #27 writtenby: Jeff Barry & Robert Bloom album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers	The Staple Singers	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)	1971	Stax
528	recordlabel: Stax 0098 chartposition: RandB #2, US #31 writtenby: Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice & Rufus Thomas album: Did You Heard Me? comments: [funk]	Rufus Thomas	The Breakdown (Part 1)	1971	Stax
529	recordlabel: Motown 1175 chartposition: RandB #9, US #40, UK #36 writtenby: Pam Sawyer & Leon Ware album: Changing Times / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)	1971	Motown
530	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11291 chartposition: RandB #13, US #36, US AC #22 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday & Eddie Reeves album: Love Country Style	Ray Charles	Don't Change on Me	1971	ABC/TRC
531	recordlabel: United Artists 50815 chartposition: RandB #18, US #35, US AC #12 writtenby: Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller album: All Day Music	War	All Day Music	1971	United Artists
532	recordlabel: Avco Embassy 4572 chartposition: RandB #6, US #39 writtenby: Thom Bell & Linda Creed album: The Stylistics comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]	The Stylistics	Stop, Look, Listen (to Your Heart)	1971	Avco Embassy
533	recordlabel: King 6347 chartposition: RandB #4, US #34 writtenby: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff album: Revolution of the Mind Live at the Apollo, Volume III comments: [funk]	James Brown	Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved	1971	King
534	recordlabel: Motown 1184 chartposition: RandB #17, US #29, US AC #16 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender comments: [Motown Sound]	Diana Ross	Reach Out (I'll Be There)	1971	Motown
535	recordlabel: Curtom 1974 chartposition: UK #12 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Curtis	Curtis Mayfield	Move On Up	1971	Curtom
536	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 761(UK) chartposition: UK #13 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Away We A Go Go comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	(Come Round Here) I'm the One You Need	1971	Tamla Motown (UK)
537	recordlabel: Cadet 5683 chartposition: RandB #8, US #30 writtenby: Terry Callier & Larry Wade album: Freedom Means / The Best of The Dells comments: [ballad]	The Dells	The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)	1971	Cadet
538	recordlabel: Enterprise 9031 chartposition: RandB #5, US #22, US AC #19 writtenby: Clifton Davis album: Black Moses comments: [ballad]	Isaac Hayes	Never Can Say Goodbye	1971	Enterprise
539	recordlabel: Trojan 7820 (UK) chartposition: UK #6 writtenby: David Arkin, Earl Robinson album: Black and White comments: [reggae]	Greyhound	Black and White	1971	Trojan(UK)
540	recordlabel: Cotillion 44123 chartposition: UK #4 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) comments: [northern soul]	Tami Lynn	I'm Gonna Run Away from You	1971	Cotillion
541	recordlabel: Mercury 73255 chartposition: RandB #3, US #21 writtenby: Homer Talbert & Herscholt Polk album: The Saggitarius Movement comments: [ballad]	Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager	Ain't Understanding Mellow	1971	Mercury
542	recordlabel: Columbia 45330 chartposition: RandB #32, US #13, US AC #11 writtenby: Tito Puente album: Abraxas	Santana	Oye Como Va	1971	Columbia
543	recordlabel: Motown 1188 chartposition: UK #10, RandB #16, US #38 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7 comments: [Motown Sound]	Diana Ross	Surrender	1971	Motown
544	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7110 chartposition: RandB #5, US #15 writtenby: General Johnson & Greg Perry album: Soulful Tapestry	The Honey Cone	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	1971	Hot Wax
545	recordlabel: Atlantic 2781 chartposition: RandB #2, US #17 writtenby: Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellmon, Victor Drayton & Buddy Turner album: Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia comments: [philly sound]	Wilson Pickett	Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You	1971	Atlantic
546	recordlabel: Atco 6822 chartposition: RandB #1, US #15 writtenby: Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter & Jackie Members album: Thin Line Between Love and Hate comments: [deep soul ballad]	The Persuaders	Thin Line Between Love and Hate	1971	Atco
547	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 800 chartposition: RandB #8, US #18, UK #32 writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong album: Solid Rock / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)	1971	Tamla Motown
548	recordlabel: MGM 14262 chartposition: RandB #17, US #17, US AC #14 writtenby: Bobby Hebb & Sandy Baron album: Natural Man	Lou Rawls	A Natural Man	1971	MGM
549	recordlabel: Soul 35083 chartposition: RandB #2, US #17 writtenby: J. Bristol, G. Knight, W. Guest, M. Knight, C. Schaffner album: If I Were Your Woman comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	I Don't Want to Do Wrong	1971	Soul
550	recordlabel: Trojan 7825 (UK) chartposition: UK #5 writtenby: Jimmy Cliff album: Yeah! comments: [reggae]	The Pioneers	Let Your Yeah Be Yeah	1971	Trojan(UK)
551	recordlabel: T Neck 930 chartposition: RandB #3, US #18 writtenby: Stephen Stills album: Givin' It Back	The Isley Brothers	Love the One You're With	1971	T Neck
552	recordlabel: Atlantic 452852 chartposition: RandB #2, US #24 writtenby: Andy Fraser & Paul Rodgers album: Don't Knock My Love	Wilson Pickett	Fire and Water	1971	Atlantic
553	recordlabel: Calla 174 chartposition: RandB #10, US #21 writtenby: Sheila Young album: The Fuzz comments: [sweet soul love ballad]	The Fuzz	I Love You for All Seasons	1971	Calla
554	recordlabel: Motown 1186 chartposition: RandB #3, US #20 writtenby: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren, Dake Richards & The Fonce Mizell album: Maybe Tomorrow comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	Maybe Tomorrow	1971	Motown
555	recordlabel: United Artists 50847 chartposition: RandB #2, US #27 writtenby: Jimmy Grisby, Joe Hicks & Bobby Womack album: Communication... comments: [southern soul ballad]	Bobby Womack	That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha	1971	United Artists
556	recordlabel: Polydor 14088 chartposition: RandB #1, US #22 writtenby: James Brown & Charles Bobbit album: Revolution of the Mind Live at the Apollo, Volume III comments: [funk]	James Brown	Make It Funky	1971	Polydor
557	recordlabel: Atlantic 2787 chartposition: RandB #3, US #19 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson album: Aretha's Greatest Hits	Aretha Franklin	You're All I Need to Get By	1971	Atlantic
558	recordlabel: Brunswick 55450 chartposition: RandB #4, US #26, UK #32 writtenby: Eugene Record album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits	The Chi-Lites	(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People	1971	Brunswick
559	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 771 (UK) chartposition: UK #3 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Darling Baby / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Elgins	Heaven Must Have Sent You	1971	Tamla Motown(UK)
560	recordlabel: Bell 965 chartposition: RandB #28, US #19, US AC #6 writtenby: Dorothea Joyce album: Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes comments: [ballad]	The 5th Dimension	Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes	1971	Bell
561	recordlabel: Fame 1478 chartposition: RandB #20, US #109 writtenby: Toni Wine and Irwin Levine album: Stand By Your Man comments: charted as Mr. and Mrs. Untrue / Too Hurt to Cry in US RandB charts	Candi Staton	Mr. and Mrs. Untrue	1971	Fame
562	recordlabel: Cotillion 44098 chartposition: RandB #17, US #109 writtenby: Joe Cato	Garland Green	Plain and Simple Girl	1971	Cotillion
563	recordlabel: Brunswick 55453 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon), Larry Brownlee and Gus Redmond	The Lost Generation	Talking the Teenage Language	1971	Brunswick
564	recordlabel: Scepter 12336 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #57, US #107 writtenby: Ed Townsend	Dionne Warwick	The Love of My Man	1971	Scepter
565	recordlabel: Calla 179 chartposition: RandB #35, US #95 writtenby: Joe Tate and Sheila Young album: The Fuzz comments: [northern soul]	The Fuzz	I'm So Glad	1971	Calla
566	recordlabel: Motown 1190 chartposition: US #71 writtenby: Pam Sawyer and Frank Wilson album: Touch comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes	Touch	1971	Motown
567	recordlabel: De lite 540 chartposition: RandB #35, US #105 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: Live at the Sex Machine	Kool & the Gang	I Want to Take You Higher	1971	De lite
568	recordlabel: Ode 66020 chartposition: RandB #42, US #71 writtenby: Carole King album: Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton	After All This Time	1971	Ode
569	recordlabel: Stax 0090 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Rufus Thomas album: Did You Heard Me?	Rufus Thomas	The World Is Round	1971	Stax
570	recordlabel: Twinight 149 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Smokey Robinson (as William	Syl Johnson	Get Ready	1971	Twinight
571	recordlabel: Galaxy 778 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Calvin Carter and Bobby Rush	Bobby Rush	Chicken Heads	1971	Galaxy
572	recordlabel: Kent 4542 chartposition: RandB #34, US #97 writtenby: B.B. King (as Riley	B.B. King	That Evil Child	1971	Kent
573	recordlabel: Soul 35087 chartposition: RandB #40, US #109 writtenby: Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie) and R. Cohen	Popcorn Wylie	Funky Rubber Band	1971	Soul
574	recordlabel: Lovelite 01 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Patti Hamilton	The Lovelites	My Conscience	1971	Lovelite
575	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7009 chartposition: RandB #37, US, #96 writtenby: Angelo Bond, General Johnson & Greg Perry album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed	100 Proof (Aged in Soul)	One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast)	1971	Hot Wax
576	recordlabel: Westbound 175 chartposition: RandB #42, US #91 writtenby: George Clinton, Judie Jones and Bernie Worrell album: Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks	1971	Westbound
577	recordlabel: Today 1501 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Patrick Adams album: Don't Turn Around	Black Ivory	Don't Turn Around	1971	Today
578	recordlabel: United Artists 50746 chartposition: RandB #38, US #107 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller,Lee Oskar and Howard Scott album: War	War	Lonely Feelin'	1971	United Artists
579	recordlabel: Checker 1239 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: Pearl Woods	Little Milton	I Play Dirty	1971	Checker
580	recordlabel: Capitol 2997 chartposition: RandB #48, US #114 writtenby: Allen Jones (as Allen A. Jones) and Mickey Gregory	Junior Parker	Drownin' on Dry Land	1971	Capitol
581	recordlabel: Josie 1029 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: Leo Nocentelli, Vincent Toussaint comments: [funk]	The Meters	(The World Is A Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop	1971	Josie
582	recordlabel: MGM 14196 chartposition: US #108 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller	War	Home Cookin'	1971	MGM
583	recordlabel: Avco Embassy 4559 chartposition: RandB #39, US #124 writtenby: Marion Black	Marion Black	Go On Fool	1971	Avco Embassy
584	recordlabel: Memphis 103 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: Billy Butler, Larry Wade and Terry Callier comments: [ballad]	Billy Butler & Infinity	I Don't Want To Lose You	1971	Memphis
585	recordlabel: United Artists 50837 chartposition: RandB #47, US #104 writtenby: Calvin Lane and Philip Reese	Ike & Tina Turner	I'm Yours (Use Me Anyway You Wanna)	1971	United Artists
586	recordlabel: Alaga 1007 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34 writtenby: R. Hammond, J. Hines album: Sex and Soul comments: [southern soul]	Roy C	I Wasn't There	1971	Alaga
587	recordlabel: Stang 5024 chartposition: RandB #34, US #115 writtenby: Nate Edmonds and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	That's How It Feels	1971	Stang
588	recordlabel: Buddah 213 chartposition: RandB #32, US #81 writtenby: Al Martin album: The Stairsteps	The Stairsteps	Didn't It Look So Easy	1971	Buddah
589	recordlabel: Brunswick 55458 chartposition: RandB #35, US #95 writtenby: Eugene Record album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits	The Chi-Lites	I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)	1971	Brunswick
590	recordlabel: Atlantic 2839 chartposition: RandB #36, US #102 writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter	Sam & Dave	Don't Pull Your Love	1971	Atlantic
591	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 411 chartposition: RandB #34, US #107 writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb	Brenda & the Tabulations	Why Didn't I Think of That	1971	Top and Bottom
592	recordlabel: Cadet 5664 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #31 writtenby: Pearl Woods album: Etta James Sings Funk	Etta James	Tighten Up Your Own Thing	1971	Cadet
593	recordlabel: Down To Earth 77 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: General Crook	General Crook	What Time It Is (Part I)	1971	Down To Earth
594	recordlabel: Atlantic 2812 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Linda Ozen) album: Here Is Barbara Lynn	Barbara Lynn	(Until Then) I'll Suffer	1971	Atlantic
595	recordlabel: Chimneyville 439 chartposition: RandB #35, US #101 writtenby: Joe Broussard and Michael Adams	King Floyd	Got to Have Your Lovin'	1971	Chimneyville
596	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 405 chartposition: RandB #35, US #125 writtenby: Oscar Weathers	Oscar Weathers	You Wants to Play	1971	Top and Bottom
597	recordlabel: Stang 5030 chartposition: RandB #37, US #100	The Whatnauts	We're Friends by Day (And Lovers by Night)	1971	Stang
598	recordlabel: Stax 0095 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Steve Croppe, Eddie Floyd and M. Rice	Eddie Floyd	Blood Is Thicker Than Water	1971	Stax
599	recordlabel: Today 1503 chartposition: RandB #40, US #102 writtenby: Lucky Peterson and Willie Dixon	The Lucky Peterson Blues Band	1-2-3-4	1971	Today
600	recordlabel: Columbia 45386 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #100 writtenby: Paul Simon	Peaches & Herb	The Sound of Silence	1971	Columbia

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