| "Don't Mess with Bill" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Marvelettes | ||||
| from the album The Marvelettes Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Anything You Wanna Do" | |||
| Released | November 26, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA; June 1965 | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Tamla T 54126 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Smokey Robinson | |||
| Producer(s) | Smokey Robinson | |||
| The Marvelettes singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Mess with Bill" is a million-selling Gold-certified 1966 single recorded by The Marvelettes for Motown Records' Tamla label.[1] Written and produced by Smokey Robinson, "Don't Mess with Bill" features a lead vocal by Wanda Young. The single peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1966, and at number three on Billboard's R&B singles chart. "Don't Mess with Bill" was the Marvelettes' final Top 10 single.[2][3]
- ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 5: 1965 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 379.
- ^ Don't Mess with Bill at Allmusic