You Can Make It If You Try

Recorded on September 23, 1968, during the Stand! sessions at Pacific High Recording Studios in San Francisco, with Sly Stone handling the production and the classic Family Stone lineup on the track. MusicBrainz credits Larry Graham, Greg Errico, Freddie Stone, Rose Stone, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, and Sly Stone on the recording. The track closed Stand! and served as a compact statement of the band's communal vocal blend and tight, celebratory funk sound. It was part of the album that marked Sly & the Family Stone's artistic peak and commercial breakthrough. It remained a core catalog track, preserved on Greatest Hits and repeatedly cited as one of the band's signature recordings. Later artists have sampled it, including Ice Cube on The Product and Jungle Brothers on Straight Out the Jungle, extending its reach into hip-hop.