Think Twice (Brook Benton song)

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"Think Twice"
Single by Brook Benton
B-side"For My Baby"
ReleasedJanuary 1961
Recorded1960
GenrePop
Length2:30
LabelMercury Records
Songwriter(s)Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams, Clyde Otis
Brook Benton singles chronology
"This Time of the Year"
(1960)
"Think Twice"
(1961)
"The Boll Weevil Song"
(1961)

"Think Twice" is a song by Brook Benton which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1961.[1][2] The song was written by Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams, and Benton's regular songwriter Clyde Otis, and was released on Mercury Records with the B-side "For My Baby" also co-written by Clyde Otis, with Willie Dixon.

The song was covered by Antoni Williams in 1962, Jackie Edwards in 1966, and Claude Powell in 1977.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Records Research, Inc. p. 87. ISBN 978-0898201802.
  2. ^ Lonergan, David F. (2005). Hit Records, 1950–1975. Scarecrow Press. p. 225. ISBN 0810851296.