"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 American actor Eddie Hodges in 1961. The song peaked at #12 at Billboard Hot 100 chart, and became a #1 hit in Canada, Australia, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
Cover versions
- Billy "Crash" Craddock, on his album Two Sides of "Crash", in 1972; it became a big country hit.
- Jimmy Osmond, in 1974, reached # 11 on the UK singles chart.
- Former Beatles drummer Pete Best, in the 1960s, with his group, the Pete Best Four.
- In Swedish, three lyric versions exist, "Mina kärleksbrev dom vill jag ha igen" ("My love letters, I want them again") written by Åke Gerhard and released in 1961 as recorded by Lill-Babs, "Min lägenhet den vill jag ha igen" ("My flat, I want it again") written by Einar Svensson and released as recorded by Thorleifs on the 1974 album "En dag i juni" and "Två ska man va'" ("Two shall you be"), written by Christer Lundh and released as recorded by Lotta Engberg on the 1988 album 100%.
Trivia
- 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
Eddie Hodges
| 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
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[11] | 5 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Jimmy Osmond
| Chart (1974) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] | 93 |
| United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) | 11 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 24, 1961 - 1st of 3 weeks at #1".
- ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door". VG-lista.
- ^ "Eddie Hodges: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Eddie Hodges Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Eddie Hodges – I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 91.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Isley Brothers - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door on YouTube
- Eddie Hodges - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door on YouTube
- Billy "Crash" Craddock - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door on YouTube
