| "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)" | ||||
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| Single byMartha and the Vandellas | ||||
| from the albumCome and Get These Memories | ||||
| A-side | "Heat Wave" | |||
| Released | June 28, 1963 (album) July 9, 1963 (single) | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), May 2, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Label | Gordy G 7022 | |||
| Songwriter | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producers | ||||
| Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology | ||||
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| "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 UK single | ||||
| Single byIke & Tina Turner | ||||
| from the albumRiver Deep - Mountain High | ||||
| B-side | "Hold On Baby" | |||
| Released | October 1966 (UK) August 1967 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Studio | Gold Star Studios,Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:52 | |||
| Label | London (UK) Philles (US) | |||
| Songwriter | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |||
| Producer | Phil Spector | |||
| Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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| "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" | ||||
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| Single byHarry Nilsson &Cher | ||||
| from the album All Meat | ||||
| B-side | "(Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer | Phil Spector | |||
| Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" is a 1963 song issued as theB-side toMotown singing groupMartha and the Vandellas' hit single, "Heat Wave", released on theGordy label.[1]
The song, written and produced by Vandellas cohorts,Holland–Dozier–Holland, is a song where a woman praises her lover for loving her after she "broke (his) heart and made (him) blue" saying afterwards "instead of hurting back" telling her he loved her.
The song, while not released as a single, is regarded as a sixties classic with notable covers byIke & Tina Turner,Dusty Springfield,Harry Nilsson andCher,Juice Newton,Manfred Mann, andthe Animals.[2] Ike & Tina's version was the only version that became a charted hit peaking at No. 16 on theUK Singles charts.[3]
Ike & Tina Turner recorded a version for their 1966 albumRiver Deep – Mountain High. The single was released onLondon Records in theUK in October 1966.[4] The single received positive reviews.[5]
Ike & Tina Turner performed the song on the British TV showReady Steady Go!.[4]
A limited amount of copies were issued in theUS by Phil Spector's labelPhilles Records in 1967. This was the label's final release of any single. The albumRiver Deep – Mountain High was not released in the US until it was reissued byA&M Records in 1969.[6] Following the album's reissue, "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" was reissued as a single in the US in 1970.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |
| 2. | "Hold On Baby" | Ellie Greenwich,Jeff Barry |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |
| 2. | "I Idolize You" | Ike Turner |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |
| 2. | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | Pomus,Shuman |
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[7] | 16 |