"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" | ||||
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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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"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. 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.
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.