I Don't Want to Do Wrong

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)"

Released

May 6, 1971^{[citation needed]}

Recorded

March 1970

Genre

Soul
R&B

Length

3:15

Label

Soul (S 35083)

Songwriter(s)

Johnny Bristol
Gladys Knight
Merald Knight
William Guest
Katherine Anderson-Schaffner

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.^[1]^[2] 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^[3]	9

Year-end chart (1971)	Rank
U.S. Billboard R&B ^[4]	18

References

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