Baby Don't You Do It

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"Baby Don't You Do It"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
B-side	"Walk on the Wild Side"
Released	September 2, 1964
Recorded	August 1 & 4, 1964
Genre	Rhythm and blues, soul
Length	2:30
Label	Tamla
Songwriter(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"Try It Baby" (1964) "Baby Don't You Do It" (1964) "What Good Am I Without You" (1964)

"Baby Don't You Do It" is a 1964 single by American singer Marvin Gaye. Released on the Tamla label, this song discusses a man who is at a standstill with his girlfriend, who he feels is neglecting his love stating "Don't break my heart/...I've tried to do my best".

Featured on the Holland–Dozier–Holland-written and produced track, for the first time on a Marvin Gaye record, were Motown's top session girl group, the Andantes. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes, but eventually reassigned to Marvin Gaye to record.

In October 1964 Gaye's single peaked at number 27 on both the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and the Top 100 singles chart in Cashbox, with Cashbox affording the single a number 14 peak on its R&B chart (Billboard was not maintaining an R&B chart at this time).

Billboard stated that "it's that powerhouse beat that can't be beat."^[2] Cash Box described it as "an electrifying pleader that rocks along in sensational vocal and instrumental fashion."^[3]