Don't Knock My Love
| "Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1" | ||||
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| Single by Wilson Pickett | ||||
| from the album Don't Knock My Love | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 2" | |||
| Released | April 1971 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:13 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Wilson Pickett, Brad Shapiro | |||
| Producer(s) | Wilson Pickett | |||
| Wilson Pickett singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Knock My Love" is a hit song performed by R&B singer Wilson Pickett and written by Pickett with Brad Shapiro. Released in the spring of 1971 from the album of the same title, it spent a week at number-one on the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles Chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.[1] The song, which was produced under a funk tempo, would be Pickett's last number-one single and one of his last hits for Atlantic Records.
| "Don't Knock My Love" | ||||
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| Single by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye | ||||
| from the album Diana & Marvin | ||||
| B-side | "Just Say, Just Say" | |||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:13 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Writer(s) | Wilson Pickett, Brad Shapiro | |||
| Producer(s) | Hal Davis | |||
| Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye singles chronology | ||||
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Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross version
The best known cover version of this song was recorded by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye for their 1973 duet album, Diana & Marvin. It peaked at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and #25 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart, and also gave the duo a #1 hit in Brazil.
Personnel
Wilson Pickett version
- Lead vocals by Wilson Pickett
- Instrumentation by assorted musicians
- Produced by Wilson Pickett
Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye version
- Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross
- Background vocals by assorted singers
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
- Produced by Hal Davis
Other Versions
- In 1994, Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens recorded a version for the 1994 album Kate Ceberano and Friends.
| Preceded by
"Want Ads" by Honey Cone
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Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles number one single (Wilson Pickett version) June 26, 1971 |
Succeeded by "Mr. Big Stuff by Jean Knight |
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- 1971 singles
- 1974 singles
- Wilson Pickett songs
- Diana Ross songs
- Marvin Gaye songs
- Vocal duets
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Songs written by Wilson Pickett
- Songs written by Brad Shapiro
- Song recordings produced by Hal Davis
- 1971 songs
- Motown singles
- Atlantic Records singles
