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| Single by Martha and the Vandellas | ||||
| from the album Come 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(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
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| Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Ike & Tina Turner | ||||
| from the album River 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(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Spector | |||
| Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Harry 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 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Phil Spector | |||
| Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" is a 1963 song issued as the B-side to Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas' hit single, "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 Ike & Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Harry Nilsson and Cher, Juice Newton, Manfred Mann, and the Animals.[2] Ike & Tina's version was the only version that became a charted hit peaking at No. 16 on the UK Singles charts.[3]
- ^ 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1962-1972 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
- ^ Cover Versions[permanent dead link]
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.