Don't Knock My Love

"Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1"
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 Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett singles chronology
"Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You"
(1971)		 "Don't Knock My Love -Pt. 1"
(1971)		 "Call My Name, I'll Be There"
(1971)

"Don't Knock My Love" is a hit song by R&B singer Wilson Pickett. 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"
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 Hal Davis
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"You Are Everything"
(1974)		 "Don't Knock My Love"
(1974)		 "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"
(1974)

Contents

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.

Personnel

Wilson Pickett version

Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye version

Preceded by
"Want Ads" by Honey Cone		 Billboard's Best Selling Soul Singles number one single (Wilson Pickett version)
June 26, 1971		 Succeeded by
"Mr. Big Stuff by Jean Knight

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 461. 
Diana Ross
Studio albums
Diana Ross (1970) · Everything Is Everything (1970) · Surrender (1971) · Touch Me in the Morning (1973) · Last Time I Saw Him (1973) · Diana Ross (1976) · Baby It's Me (1977) · Ross (1978) · The Boss (1979) · diana (1980) · Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981) · Silk Electric (1982) · Ross (1983) · Swept Away (1984) · Eaten Alive (1985) · Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (1987) · Workin' Overtime (1989) · The Force Behind the Power (1991) · Take Me Higher (1995) · Every Day Is a New Day (1999) · Blue (2006) · I Love You (2006)
Compilations
Live albums
Soundtrack albums
Other albums
Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)
Films

Lady Sings the Blues (1972) · Mahogany (1975) · The Wiz (1978) · Out of Darkness (1994) · Double Platinum (1999)
Tours
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Diana Ross singles discography
1970s
1970: "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" · "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Remember Me"
1971: "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" · "Surrender" · "I'm Still Waiting"
1973: "Good Morning Heartache" · "Touch Me in the Morning"  · "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Marvin Gaye)
1974: "Last Time I Saw Him" · "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Marvin Gaye) · "You Are Everything" · "Don't Knock My Love" (with Marvin Gaye) · "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (with Marvin Gaye)
1975: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
1976: "Love Hangover"
1978: "Ease on Down the Road" (with Michael Jackson) · "A Brand New Day" (with Michael Jackson) · "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" (with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson)
1979: "What You Gave Me" · " "The Boss" · "It's My House"
1980s
1990s
1990: "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
1994: "Someday We'll Be Together" (re-mix) · "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (re-issue)/"I'm Coming Out" (re-mix)
1996: "I Will Survive"
2000s
2001: "Goin' Back"
2005: "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Westlife)
2006: "I've Got a Crush on You" (with Rod Stewart)
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Marvin Gaye album discography
Studio albums
Posthumous
compilations

Dream of a Lifetime (1985) · Romantically Yours (1986) · Vulnerable (1997)
Duet albums

Together (with Mary Wells, 1964)  · Take Two (with Kim Weston, 1966) · United (with Tammi Terrell, 1967) · You're All I Need (with Tammi Terrell, 1968) · Easy (with Tammi Terrell, 1969) · Diana & Marvin (with Diana Ross, 1973)
Compilations
Live albums
US/UK Top
Ten singles
Family
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Marvin Gaye singles discography
1960s:
(Tamla)
1961: "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide"
1962: "Sandman" · "Soldier's Plea" · "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" · "Hitch Hike"
1963: "Pride and Joy"  · "Can I Get a Witness"  · "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby"
1964: "You're a Wonderful One" · "Once Upon a Time" · "What's the Matter with You Baby" · "Try It Baby" · "Baby Don't You Do It" · "What Good Am I Without You" · "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
1965: "I'll Be Doggone" · "Pretty Little Baby" · "Ain't That Peculiar"
1966: "One More Heartache" · "Take This Heart of Mine" · "Little Darling (I Need You)" · "It Takes Two"
1967: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Your Unchanging Love" · "Your Precious Love" · "You" · "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
1968: "If This World Were Mine" · "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" · "You're All I Need to Get By" · "Chained" · "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" · "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" · "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" · "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
1969: "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" · "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" · "That's the Way Love Is" · "Abraham, Martin and John" · "What You Gave Me" · "How Can I Forget"
1970s:
(Tamla)
1980s:
(Tamla/Columbia)
Posthumous:
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