| Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1 | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Wilson Pickett |
| Album: | Don't Knock My Love[1] |
| B-Side: | Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 2 |
| Released: | April 1971 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 2:13 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Wilson Pickett |
| Prev Title: | Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Call My Name, I'll Be There |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"Don't Knock My Love" is a hit song performed by R&B singer Wilson Pickett and written by Pickett with Brad Shapiro. Released in the spring of 1971 from the album of the same title, it spent a week at number-one on the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles Chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.[2] The song, which was produced under a funk tempo was Pickett's last number-one single and one of his last hits for Atlantic Records.
| Don't Knock My Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
| Album: | Diana & Marvin |
| B-Side: | Just Say, Just Say |
| Released: | 1974 |
| Recorded: | 1971 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 2:13 |
| Label: | Motown |
| Producer: | Hal Davis |
| Prev Title: | You Are Everything |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
A cover version of the song was recorded by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye for their 1973 duet album, Diana & Marvin.[3] It peaked at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and #25 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart.[4] Outrside the US, the duo had a #1 hit in Brazil with their cover.