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 |
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| Released | 1961 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1961, Hitsville USA | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 2:49 | ||||
| Label | Motown M 1011 |
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| Writer(s) | Berry Gordy William "Mickey" Stevenson |
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| Producer | 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.
The song became one of the first Motown singles to reach the top forty on the pop chart after Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" and Marv Johnson's "Come to Me". Wells sung in a rougher vocal than the much more softer vocals that made her a star in the early years of the label.
[edit] Credits
- Lead 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
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