A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)

"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
Single by Harry Nilsson & Cher
from the album All Meat
B-side	"(Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On"
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:38
Label	Phil Spector International; Warner-Spector;
Songwriter(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)	Phil Spector
Cher singles chronology

"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
	1966 UK single
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album River Deep - Mountain High
B-side	"Hold On Baby"
Released	October 1966 (UK); August 1967 (US)
Recorded	1966
Studio	Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soul; pop; pop rock;
Length	2:52
Label	London (UK); Philles (US)
Songwriter(s)	Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)	Phil Spector
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology

"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)"
"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)"
Single by Martha and the Vandellas
from the album Come and Get These Memories
A-side	"Heat Wave"
Released	June 28, 1963 (album) ; July 9, 1963 (single)
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), May 2, 1963
Genre	Soul
Label	Gordy G 7022
Songwriter(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)	Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier;
Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology

"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" is a 1963 song issued as the B-side to Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas' hit single, "Heat Wave", released on the Gordy label.^[1]

The song, written and produced by Vandellas cohorts, Holland–Dozier–Holland, is a song where a woman praises her lover for loving her after she "broke (his) heart and made (him) blue" saying afterwards "instead of hurting back" telling her he loved her.

The song, while not released as a single, is regarded as a sixties classic with notable covers by Ike & Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Harry Nilsson and Cher, Juice Newton, Manfred Mann, and the Animals.^[2] Ike & Tina's version was the only version that became a charted hit peaking at No. 16 on the UK Singles charts.^[3]

Credits[edit]

Lead vocals and spoken monologues by Martha Reeves
Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford, Annette Beard, and Brian Holland
Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Ike & Tina Turner version[edit]

Ike & Tina Turner recorded a version for their 1966 album River Deep – Mountain High. The single was released on London Records in the UK in October 1966.^[4] The single received positive reviews.^[5]

Ike & Tina Turner performed the song on the British TV show Ready Steady Go!.^[4]

A limited amount of copies were issued in the US by Phil Spector's label Philles Records in 1967. This was the label's final release of any single. The album River Deep – Mountain High was not released in the US until it was reissued by A&M Records in 1969.^[6] Following the album's reissue, "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" was reissued as a single in the US in 1970.

Track listing[edit]

1966 UK single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"	Holland–Dozier–Holland
2.	"Hold On Baby"	Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry

1967 US single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"	Holland–Dozier–Holland
2.	"I Idolize You"	Ike Turner

1970 US reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)"	Holland–Dozier–Holland
2.	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	Pomus, Shuman

Chart performance[edit]


Chart (1966)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[7]	16

References[edit]

^ 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1962-1972 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
^ Cover Versions^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b "Ike and Tina Turner". Widnes Weekly News. 1966-10-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
^ Murray, Peter (1966-10-21). "Peter Murray's Review Review". Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel (Potteries ed.). p. 6. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
^ Thompson, Dave (2002). The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books. ISBN 9781617744921. OCLC 974257573.
^ "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) (song by Ike & Tina Turner) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.

[1] 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1962-1972 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records

[2] Cover Versions^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[:0-4] "Ike and Tina Turner". Widnes Weekly News. 1966-10-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

[5] Murray, Peter (1966-10-21). "Peter Murray's Review Review". Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel (Potteries ed.). p. 6. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

[6] Thompson, Dave (2002). The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books. ISBN 9781617744921. OCLC 974257573.

[7] "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) (song by Ike & Tina Turner) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.

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v t e Martha and the Vandellas
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Martha Reeves Lois Reeves Delphine Reeves The Original Vandellas Rosalind Ashford Annette Beard Roschelle Laughhunn Gloria Williams Betty Kelly Sandra Tilley
Studio albums	Come and Get These Memories Heat Wave Dance Party Watchout! Ridin' High Sugar 'n' Spice Natural Resources Black Magic
Live albums	Martha and the Vandellas Live!
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Singles	"I'll Have to Let Him Go" "Come and Get These Memories" "Heat Wave" "Quicksand" "Live Wire" "In My Lonely Room" "Dancing in the Street" "Wild One" "Nowhere to Run" "You've Been in Love Too Long" "My Baby Loves Me" "I'm Ready for Love" "Jimmy Mack" "Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone" "Honey Chile" "I Promise to Wait My Love" "Forget Me Not" "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playin'" "(We've Got) Honey Love" "I Should Be Proud" "Bless You"
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2000s singles	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"
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2020s singles	"Chiquitita" "DJ Play a Christmas Song"
Promotional singles	"Ringo, I Love You" "Superstar" "Classified 1A" "Carousel Man" "Holdin' Out for Love" "Bad Love" "Rudy" "Bang Bang" "Main Man" "Human" "Sirens" "Ooga Boo" "One of Us"
Other songs	"Our Day Will Come" "Fernando" "Dressed to Kill"
Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
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v t e Holland–Dozier–Holland
Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland
Songs	1962 "Dearest One" "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" "Darling, I Hum Our Song" 1963 "Leaving Here" "Locking Up My Heart" "What Goes Up Must Come Down" / "Come on Home" "Tie a String Around Your Finger" "Come and Get These Memories" / "Jealous Lover" "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" "Heat Wave" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "(He Won't Be True) Little Girl Blue" "Mickey's Monkey" "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye" / "Come on Home" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" "Quicksand" / "Darling I Hum Our Song" "Live Wire" / "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" "Run, Run, Run" / "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" "Can I Get a Witness" 1964 "A Tear from a Woman's Eyes" "My Lady Bug Stay Away from That Beatle" "Like a Nightmare" / "If You Were Mine" "In My Lonely Room" "Just Ain't Enough Love" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Don't You Do It" "Guarantee for a Lifetime" "Baby I Need Your Loving" / "Call on Me" "Candy to Me" / "If You Don't Want My Love" "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Baby Love" / "Ask Any Girl" "Come See About Me" / (You're Gone But) Always in My Heart" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" / "Love has Gone" "You're a Wonderful One" "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 1965 "Where Did You Go" "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "I'm in Love Again" "You've Been a Long Time Coming" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Nowhere to Run" "Back in My Arms Again" / "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "The Only Time I'm Happy" "Mother Dear" / "He Holds His Own" "Nothing but Heartaches" / "He Holds His Own" "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" "It's the Same Old Song" / "Your Love Is Amazing" "Mother Dear" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Hear a Symphony" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Something About You" "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" "Darling Baby" "There's a Ghost in My House" 1966 "(I'm a) Roadrunner" "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" "Ask any Man" "My World Is Empty Without You" "Put Yourself in My Place" "There's No Love Left" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" / "Just as Long as You Need Me" "Helpless" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Call on Me" "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "He's All I Got" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Like Everything About You" "I Guess I'll Always Love You" "Nothing but Soul" "Love's Gone Bad" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "You Can't Hurry Love" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "Little Darling (I Need You)" "Reach Out I'll Be There" / "Until You Love Someone" "Stay in My Lonely Arms" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" / "I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" / "Remove This Doubt" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" / Since You've Been Gone" "I'm Ready for Love" "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" "Heaven Must Have Sent You" 1967 "Just One Last Look" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" / There's No Stopping Us Now" "Your Love Is Amazing" "Jimmy Mack" / "Third Finger, Left Hand" "Bernadette" / "I Got a Feeling" "My World Is Empty Without You" "The Happening" / "All I Know About You" "Just Ain't Enough Love" "7 Rooms of Gloom" / "I'll Turn to Stone" "I Understand My Man" "Your Unchanging Love" / "I'll Take Care of You" "Reflections" / "Going Down for the Third Time" "One Way Out" "You Keep Me Running Away" / "If You Don't Want My Love" "I Got a Feeling" "In and Out of Love" / "I Guess I'll Always Love You" 1968 "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Forever Came Today" "I'm in a Different World" 1969 "We've Got a Way Out Love" "Crumbs off the Table" 1970 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" "Everything's Tuesday" "Band of Gold" "Westbound #9" 1972 "The Day I Found Myself" "Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your Love" "Why Can't We Be Lovers" 1973 "You're Gonna Need Me" 1975 "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "Early Morning Love" "Where Do I Go from Here" 1976 "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "High Energy" "Let Yourself Go" 1982 "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again"
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