Don't Mess with Bill
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| “Don't Mess with Bill” | |||||
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| Single by The Marvelettes from the album The Marvelettes Greatest Hits |
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| B-side | "Anything You Wanna Do" | ||||
| Released | December, 1965 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA; 1965 | ||||
| Genre | Soul/pop | ||||
| Length | 2:51 | ||||
| Label | Tamla T 54126 |
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| Writer(s) | Smokey Robinson | ||||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson | ||||
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"Don't Mess with Bill" is a 1965 single recorded by The Marvelettes for Motown Records' Tamla label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by Wanda Young. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's R&B singles chart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final Top 10 single.
The titular "Bill" referenced in the song is not an allusion to the song's author, Bill "Smokey" Robinson. Robinson reports that he chose the name because it fit the lyrics, not because it was his.[citation needed] "Don't Mess With Bill" has also been recorded and released by Monalisa Young.
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