Want Ads

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"Want Ads"
Side-A label of the 1971 US single
Single by Honey Cone
from the album Sweet Replies/Soulful Tapestry, (1971)
B-side	"We Belong Together"
Released	March 1971
Recorded	Detroit, Michigan, 1969[1]
Genre	R&B, soul, funk
Length	3:50 ("Soulful Tapestry" version) 2:45 ("Sweet Replies" version)
Label	Hot Wax
Songwriter(s)	Greg Perry, Barney Perkins, and General Norman Johnson
Producer(s)	Greg Perry
Honey Cone singles chronology
"Girls, It Ain't Easy" (1969) "Want Ads" (1971) "Stick-Up" (1971)

"Want Ads" is a song that was a million-selling No.1 pop and R&B hit recorded by female group, Honey Cone for their second album Sweet Replies and also appears on their third album Soulful Tapestry. The song, recorded on the Detroit-based Hot Wax label, was written by Greg Perry, General Norman Johnson and Barney Perkins. It was produced by staff producer, Greg Perry, and features a young Ray Parker Jr. ("Ghostbusters") on rhythm guitar.

"Want Ads" was released as the first single from Soulful Tapestry in the United States in the spring of 1971 (see 1971 in music). It reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for one week and topped the R&B singles chart for three weeks in the United States, becoming the group's most successful single and their only No.1 placement on the pop charts.