"Reach out of the Darkness" is a song by American folk duo Friend and Lover

Friend and Lover

Friend and Lover were an American folk-singing duo composed of husband-and-wife team, Jim and Cathy Post. They are best known for their hit single "Reach Out of the Darkness", which reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1968....

. Peaking at #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart, it was the duo's most successful single, and they are often regarded as a one-hit wonder

One-hit wonder

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 for the track because the duo's only other Hot 100 entry ("If Love Is In Your Heart") stalled at #86 a few months later. Curiously the title never appears as such in the recording, though the nine mentions of "reach out in the darkness" come close.

The song was written by James "Jim" Post

Jim Post

Jim Post is an American folk singer-songwriter, composer, playwright and actor. In 1968 his pop song "Reach out of the Darkness" charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, peaking at number 10.-History:...

, who together with his then-wife Catherine "Cathy" Post nee Conn comprised the duo Friend and Lover. It was recorded in Nashville for the Verve Forecast label. Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens

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 played keyboards and arranged the strings, with Joe South

Joe South

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 and Bill Lowery

Bill Lowery

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 producing. The 1969 follow-up album, also titled Reach Out of the Darkness, was recorded in Atlanta and produced by Buddy Buie

Buddy Buie

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.

The song was featured in a 1999 television commercial by Milton Bradley

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 for their Get-Together Games and can also be heard in both the 1988 film 1969

1969 (film)

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and episode six of the TV series Night Stalker

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as well as in the "The Time Has Come Today" episode of Beverly Hills, 90210

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 (season 4, episode 25)..

Krush

Krush

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 sampled the song for their song "Let's Get Together (So Groovy Now)", from the soundtrack

Mo' Money (soundtrack)

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 to the comedy film Mo' Money

Mo' Money

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, starring Damon Wayans

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 and Stacey Dash

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.