Don't Ask My Neighbors

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"Don't Ask My Neighbors"
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Single by the Emotions
from the album Rejoice
B-side "Love's What's Happenin'"
Released1977
Genre Pop, R&B
Length3:33
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Skip Scarborough
Producer(s) Maurice White
The Emotions singles chronology
"Best of My Love"
(1977)		"Don't Ask My Neighbors"
(1977)		"Shouting Out Love"
(1977)

"Don't Ask My Neighbors" is a song recorded by R&B group the Emotions released as a single in 1977 by Columbia Records. The single reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. [1] [2]

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Overview

"Don't Ask My Neighbors" was composed by Skip Scarborough and produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White. [1]

The single's B-side was "Love's What's Happenin'". Both songs came from the Emotions' 1977 album Rejoice. [1]

Critical reception

Craig Lytle of AllMusic stated that "'Don't Ask My Neighbor[s]' came on a mellower note" when compared to the album's "spirited" first single "Best of My Love". [3]

Appearances In Other Media

"Don't Ask My Neighbors" featured upon a season one episode of She's Gotta Have It. [4]

Charts

Chart (1977–1978)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 44
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) [6] 7

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Emotions (1977). Don't Ask My Neighbors (single). Columbia Records.
  2. ↑ "The Emotions: Don't Ask My Neighbors (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ↑ Lytle, Craig. "The Emotions – Rejoice: Review". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Horne, Shontel (February 14, 2018). "69 F*cking Fantastic Songs From Netflix's She's Gotta Have It". Popsugar.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 275.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 188.



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