I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down

"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
Single by Ann Peebles
from the album I Can't Stand the Rain
B-side"One Way Street"
ReleasedJanuary 1973
Recorded1972
Length2:55
LabelHi
Songwriter(s)Earl Randle
Producer(s)Willie Mitchell
Ann Peebles singles chronology
"Breaking Up Somebody's Home"
(1972)
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
(1973)
"I Can't Stand the Rain"
(1973)
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
Single by Paul Young
from the album The Secret of Association
B-side"One Step Forward"
Released1 October 1984 (UK)[1]
August 1985 (US)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length5:05 (album version)
4:39 (single version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Earl Randle
Producer(s)Laurie Latham
Paul Young singles chronology
"Tomb of Memories"
(1985)
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
(1984)
"Wonderland"
(1986)

"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a song written by Memphis-based songwriter Earl Randle, and first recorded in 1972 by soul singer Ann Peebles. The song was also a hit in 1984 for English singer Paul Young.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.