| "I've Got to Use My Imagination" | ||||
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| Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips | ||||
| from the album Imagination | ||||
| B-side | "I Can See Clearly Now" | |||
| Released | November 1973 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Writer(s) | Gerry Goffin, Barry Goldberg | |||
| Producer | Kenny Kerner | |||
| Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology | ||||
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"I've Got to Use My Imagination" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Released from the hit album, Imagination, which was their debut album with Buddah Records, the song was a success on the soul and pop charts. It spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1974 and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] becoming one of their highest charting songs. It eventually sold over one million copies.
On the series A Different World, Whitley, Jaleesa and another classmate perform the song to audition to sing backup for Gladys Knight (who made a special guest appearance on the show).
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
| Preceded by "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" by Aretha Franklin |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single January 19, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Livin' for You" by Al Green |
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