I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door

"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
Picture sleeve of U.S. Cadence single
Song by Eddie Hodges
Released	1961
Length	2:03
Label	Cadence Records
Composer	Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne
Producer	Archie Bleyer

"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
Single by Billy "Crash" Craddock
from the album 'Two Sides of "Crash"'
A-side	I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door
Released	1972
Format	45 record
Genre	Country
Label	ABC
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 hit for teenage actor Eddie Hodges in 1961. It peaked at #12 at Billboard Hot 100.

Covers

• The song was covered by Billy "Crash" Craddock on his album Two Sides of "Crash" in 1972 and became a big country hit.
• A cover version by Jimmy Osmond reached # 11 on the UK singles chart in 1974.
• Former Beatles drummer, Pete Best recorded a version in the 1960s with his group, The Pete Best Four.
• Between 1972 and 1974, this song was covered by Singapore-based female singer Ervinna, backing music by The Charlie & His Boys, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 4 with the local White Cloud Record.
• 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%".
• The Song covered by Japanese band Tokyo Incidents in band's 2004-2005 live tour Dynamite!.

Trivia

• The song was used by the Red Cross for a door-knocking donation awareness campaign on TV in Australia the 1980s. It had been a number one hit for him there in 1961.

Chart performance

Eddie Hodges

Chart (1961)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12

Billy "Crash" Craddock

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

Preceded by "Testing 1-2-3" by Joyce Seamone

RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 26, 1972

Succeeded by "There's a Party Goin' On" by Jody Miller