Knock Three Times

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For other meanings of the phrase Knock three times, see Knock three times (disambiguation).

"Knock Three Times" is a popular song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was released as a single in November 1970, paired with their other hit song "Candida". The single hit number one in January 1971 and eventually sold nine million copies, also claiming the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart. In the song, the narrator tells his beautiful downstairs neighbor, whom he's never met, but nonetheless is in love with, that she should knock on the ceiling three times, if she wants to meet him, twice on the radiator pipe, if she is not interested. It was covered by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1971 and became a number one country hit. In Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs, Barry comments that if Tony keeps that up (knocking on the ceiling), the neighbors are going to come over and start knocking on him.

Preceded by "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" by George Harrison	Billboard Hot 100 number one single January 23, 1971	Succeeded by "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds Produced by Sean Stefanik
Preceded by "Double Barrel" by Dave and Ansell Collins	UK number one single May 11, 1971	Succeeded by "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by Middle of the Road