If You Don't Know Me by Now

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Chart positions
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Singles
If You Don't Know Me by Now
  UK 9 01/13/1973 (9 weeks)
  US 3 09/30/1972 (17 weeks)

If You Don't Know Me by Now is a 1972 song by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes that was both written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It appeared on the album I Miss You .

history

Originally the song was intended for the group The Dells and later also for Patti LaBelle , who later sang a live version of the song, but both declined at the time. Through Teddy Pendergrass (who was a member of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes), the song went to his band Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

It was released on September 29, 1972. In the list of " Songs of the Century " by the Recording Industry Association of America , the song can be found at number 199 and can also be heard in the film The Law of Power .

Cover version of Simply Red

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
If You Don't Know Me by Now
  DE 19th 05/29/1989 (16 weeks)
  AT 9 06/15/1989 (16 weeks)
  CH 12 05/28/1989 (7 weeks)
  UK 2 04/08/1989 (10 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/06/1989 (22 weeks)

In 1989 Simply Red recorded the song for their album A New Flame . Originally, the producer of the cover, Stewart Levine, didn't want orchestral backing vocals at all, but later he made a decision. According to an interview, Mick Hucknall , the singer of the band Simply Red, has been enthusiastic about the original since he was thirteen. At the Grammy Awards 1990 the band won with their version in the category " Best R&B Song ". The cover was also used in the games Lips for the Xbox 360 as well as Karaoke Revolutions and the film American Psycho .

Other covers

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources for chart placements: Chart statistics for If You Don't Know Me by Now (Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes) on chartsurfer.de, accessed on January 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Sources for chart placements: Chart statistics for If You Don't Know Me by Now (Simply Red) on chartsurfer.de, accessed on January 3, 2016.