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"Don't Ask My Neighbors"
Single by the Emotions
from the album Rejoice
B-side"Love's What's Happenin'"
Released1977
GenrePop, R&B
Length3:33
LabelColumbia
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.[1] The single reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[2]

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 a song called Love's What's Happenin'. Both songs came from The Emotions' 1977 album Rejoice.[1]

Critical reception

Craig Lytle of Allmusic found that ""Don't Ask My Neighbor(s)," came on a mellower note."[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1977-78) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 44
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[5] 7

References

  1. ^ a b c The Emotions: Don't Ask My Neighbors. Columbia Records. 1977.
  2. ^ "The Emotions: Don't Ask My Neighbors (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ^ Lytle, Craig. "The Emotions: Rejoice". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 275.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 188.