I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door

"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door", written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne, is a song that was originally released by the Isley Brothers in 1959 and became a hit for teenage actor Eddie Hodges in 1961. It peaked at #12 at Billboard Hot 100.

"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
Picture sleeve of U.S. Cadence single
Single by Eddie Hodges
B-side"Ain't Gonna Wash for a Week"
ReleasedJune 1961
GenrePop
Length2:03
LabelCadence
Songwriter(s)Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne
Producer(s)Archie Bleyer
Eddie Hodges singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" "Bandit of My Dreams"
"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
Single by Billy "Crash" Craddock
from the album Two Sides of "Crash"
B-side"What He Don't Know Won't Hurt Him"
Released1972
Recorded1972
GenreCountry
Length2:08
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne
Producer(s)Ron Chancey
Billy "Crash" Craddock singles chronology
"Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)"
(1972)
"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
(1972)
"Afraid I'll Want to Love Her One More Time"
(1972)

Cover versions

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Trivia

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  • It was the first number-one single on Tio i Topp, which is considered the first official record chart in Sweden[1]
  • The song was used by the Red Cross for a door-knocking donation awareness campaign on TV in Australia in the 1980s. It had been a #1 hit there in 1961.[2]
  • An excerpt of "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" was used in the Buchanan and Goodman 1961 break-in novelty recording entitled "Berlin Top Ten" which dealt with the Berlin Wall crisis, during the Cold War. Boris the Russian Spinner, introduces the song as "I'm Gonna Knock on your Door" by the Secret Police, but it is interrupted by a breaking news development involving another Cold War issue.

Chart performance

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Eddie Hodges

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Chart (1961) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 25
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)[5] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[7] 2
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[1] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 37
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 12
Australia (ARIA)[10] 1

Billy "Crash" Craddock

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Chart (1972) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[11] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Jimmy Osmond

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Chart (1974) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] 93
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 11

References

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  1. ^ a b Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (2012). Tio i Topp - med de utslagna "på försök" 1961–74 (in Swedish). Premium. p. 420. ISBN 978-91-89136-89-2.
  2. ^ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 24, 1961 - 1st of 3 weeks at #1".
  6. ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  7. ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door". VG-lista.
  8. ^ "Eddie Hodges: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  9. ^ "Eddie Hodges Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 91.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 226. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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