I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door

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"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
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Picture sleeve of U.S. Cadence single
Single by Eddie Hodges
B-side "Ain't Gonna Wash for a Week"
ReleasedJune 1961
Genre Pop
Length2:03
Label Cadence
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
Genre Country
Length2:08
Label ABC
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)

"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.

Contents

Cover versions

Trivia

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 Tracks1

Jimmy Osmond

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

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