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If You Dont Know Me by Now Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

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1972 single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
If You Dont Know Me by Now 72.jpg
Single past Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
from the album I Miss You
B-side "Permit Me Into Your Earth"
Released 11 September 1972[one]
Recorded 1972
Genre R&B, soul
Length 3:27
Label Philadelphia International Records
Songwriter(s) Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Producer(south) Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blueish Notes singles chronology
"I Miss Yous"
(1972) 		"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
(1972) 		"Yesterday I Had the Blues"
(1973)

"If Yous Don't Know Me by At present" is a song written past Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and recorded by the Philadelphia soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Information technology became their showtime hitting afterward being released every bit a single in September 1972, topping the US R&B chart and peaking at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.[two]

"If You Don't Know Me by Now" was originally written for Labelle (a trio led past Patti LaBelle) only they never recorded it. Much like the event with "I Miss Yous" and The Dells passing on information technology, the vocal's composers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff gave it to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which featured Teddy Pendergrass as lead vocalist, and the actual background vocals done past producers Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Carl Helm, and Bunny Sigler. In addition to the unmarried release, the track was included on their debut album I Miss Yous.

Patti LaBelle later made the song part of her concert repertoire in 1982; a alive version appears on her 1985 anthology, Patti.

"If You Don't Know Me past Now" has since been recorded past a number of other artists, most notably the English pop and soul band Simply Red, who took their version to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989.

The song "If You Don't Know Me By Now" was chosen equally one of the "Songs of the Century" past the RIAA.[ citation needed ]

Charts [edit]

Only Ruddy version [edit]

"If Yous Don't Know Me by At present"
If you don't know me by now.jpg
Single by Simply Red
from the album A New Flame
B-side "Move on Out"
Released March 27, 1989
Recorded 1988
Genre
  • Blueish-eyed soul
  • jazz
Length three:24
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Producer(s) Stewart Levine
Simply Red singles chronology
"It'south Simply Honey"
(1989) 		"If You Don't Know Me past Now"
(1989) 		"A New Flame"
(1989)
Music video
"If Y'all Don't Know Me past Now" on YouTube

Merely Cherry-red'south version of "If You Don't Know Me past At present" was a major commercial success on the charts in 1989, giving the ring their second US number one (also topping the Developed Contemporary chart), and peaking at number 38 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs nautical chart.[10] This version also won the Grammy Honor for the Best R&B Vocal of 1989.[11] The rails was as well a number-1 striking in Australia and New Zealand; in the latter country, information technology was the acknowledged single of 1989. It reached number ii in the UK, becoming the band's second acme-x hit after the re-event of "Holding Back the Years" in 1986, which also reached number ii.

According to the producer Stewart Levine, he didn't want too much orchestration on the record, and went with a two-part harmony instead of a three-part harmony. Mick Hucknall admitted he loved Harold Melvin & the Bluish Notes' version, and stated he danced to their music when he was xiii.[12]

This version can be heard in the films American Psycho (2000) and Form Action (1991) and appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol. It is besides available to download for the Xbox 360 game Lips, which contains the music video.[ commendation needed ]

Track listings [edit]

  • vii-inch unmarried
  1. "If You Don't Know Me by At present" – iii:23
  2. "Move on Out" (recorded Alive Manchester on February 22, 1989) – 5:18
  • 12-inch unmarried
  1. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" – three:23
  2. "Move on Out" (recorded live Manchester on February 22, 1989) – 5:18
  3. "Shine" (recorded alive Manchester on February 22, 1989) – iii:30
  • 3-inch CD single
  1. "If You lot Don't Know Me by Now" – 3:23
  2. "Motility on Out" (recorded live Manchester on Feb 22, 1989) – v:xviii
  3. "Polish" (recorded live Manchester on February 22, 1989) – 3:30
  4. "Saccharide Daddy" – 3:30

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Other versions [edit]

  • The musician Seal recorded the song for his 2008 anthology Soul. In April 2009, it became his first Superlative 10 Developed Contemporary hit since "Love's Divine" in 2004.[49] He was too subsequently nominated for the Best Male Pop Vocal Functioning Grammy.[ citation needed ]
  • The Voice of Holland contestant Ben Saunders performed the song for the 2010-11 competition. His recorded version went straight to number one in the netherlands.[ citation needed ]
  • A comedic cover version by Ricky Gervais, in grapheme equally David Brent, appeared in the 2003 christmas special of the British comedy series The Office

See also [edit]

  • List of Best Selling Soul Singles number ones of 1972
  • List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1989

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes version song review on AllMusic

mullinsiturettem72.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Don%27t_Know_Me_by_Now

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