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For the play by Tyler Perry, see I Don't Want to Do Wrong (play). 1971 single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
"I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
from the album If I Were Your Woman
B-side"Is There a Place (In His Heart for Me)"
ReleasedMay 6, 1971
RecordedMarch 1970
Genre
Length3:15
LabelSoul (S 35083)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Johnny Bristol
Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology
"If I Were Your Woman"
(1970)
"I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
(1971)
"Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To"
(1971)

"I Don't Want to Do Wrong" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. It was released in May 1971 from the album If I Were Your Woman.

The song reached number two on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. On the pop charts, it peaked at No. 17 on Billboard and No. 9 on Cash Box. It was a more modest hit in Canada.

Chart history

Weekly singles chart (1970–71) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles 30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 17
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 9
Year-end chart (1971) Rank
U.S. Billboard R&B 18

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 54.
  2. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 31, 1971
  3. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 31, 1971
  4. "1971: The Top 100 Soul/R&B Singles - RYM/Sonemic".

External links

Gladys Knight & the Pips
  • Brenda Knight
  • Eleanor Guest
  • Langston George
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