I Don't Want to Take a Chance
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| "I Don't Want to Take a Chance" | ||||
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| Single by Mary Wells | ||||
| from the album Bye Bye Baby/I Don't Want to Take a Chance | ||||
| B-side | "I'm So Sorry" | |||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1961, Hitsville USA | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:49 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Berry Gordy William "Mickey" Stevenson | |||
| Producer(s) | Berry Gordy | |||
| Mary Wells singles chronology | ||||
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"I Don't Want to Take a Chance" is a single released by Mary Wells in 1961 on the Motown label. It was the second single release from Wells, who hit the charts with her Jackie Wilson-esque "Bye Bye Baby".
While that song was able to reach the top fifty of the pop singles chart, the string-laden follow-up performed better reaching number thirty-three on the US pop chart and peaking at number-nine on the R&B singles chart.[1]
The song became one of the first nationally released Motown singles to reach the top forty on the pop chart after Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" and The Miracles' "Shop Around".
Personnel
[edit]- Vocal by Mary Wells
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
- Strings played by assorted musicians
- Written by Berry Gordy and William "Mickey" Stevenson
- Produced by Berry Gordy
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 617.
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