Covers:

1972:

Persuasions

1972:

Denise LaSalle

1973:

Clara Ward

1976:

Mud

1976:

Aretha Franklin [die de beide Lean On Me's coverde]

1981:

Barbara Dickson

1987:

Club Nouveau [n°1 US, n°2 R&B]

1987:

Thelma Houston & Winans [in film Lean On Me; tweede versie daarin door Sandra Reeves]

1993:

Al Green

1994:

Michael Bolton

2001:

Westlife [sample in Queen Of My Heart]

2013:

Sabrina Starke [titelnummer tribute-cd The Songs Of Bill Withers]

2018:

José James

2022:

Keb' Mo'