A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)

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"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)"
Heat Wave"
ReleasedJune 28, 1963 (album)
July 9, 1963 (single)
RecordedHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), May 2, 1963
GenreSoul
LabelGordy G 7022
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)
Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology
"Come and Get These Memories"
(1963) 		"Heat Wave" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
(1963) 		"Quicksand"
(1963)
"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)Phil Spector
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"I'll Never Need More Than This"
(1967) 		"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
(1967) 		"So Fine"
(1968)
"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
Warner-Spector
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)Phil Spector
Cher singles chronology
"A Woman's Story"
(1974) 		"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
(1975) 		"Pirate"
(1977)

"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" is a 1963 song issued as the

Heat Wave", released on the Gordy 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 by

UK Singles charts.[3]

Credits

Ike & Tina Turner version

Ike & Tina Turner recorded a version for their 1966 album

London Records in the UK in October 1966.[4] The single received positive reviews.[5]

Ike & Tina Turner performed the song on the British TV show Ready Steady Go!.[4]

A limited amount of copies were issued in the US by Phil Spector's label Philles Records in 1967. This was the label's final release of any single. The album River Deep – Mountain High was not released in the US until it was reissued by A&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.

Track listing


1966 UK single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"Holland–Dozier–Holland 
2."Hold On Baby"Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry 


1967 US single
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"Holland–Dozier–Holland 
2."I Idolize You"Ike Turner 


1970 US reissue
No.TitleWriter(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 performance

Chart (1966) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[7]
 16

References

  1. ^ 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1962-1972 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
  2. ^ Cover Versions[permanent dead link]
  3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
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  4. ^ a b "Ike and Tina Turner". Widnes Weekly News. 1966-10-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. ^ Murray, Peter (1966-10-21). "Peter Murray's Review Review". Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel (Potteries ed.). p. 6. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  6. OCLC 974257573
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  7. ^ "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) (song by Ike & Tina Turner) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.
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