"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door", written by

Aaron Schroeder Aaron Harold Schroeder (September 7, 1926 – December 2, 2009) was an American songwriter and music publisher. Early years Born in Brooklyn, Schroeder graduated from the school now known as the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art a ...

and

Sid Wayne Sid Wayne (January 26, 1923 – December 26, 1991) was an American songwriter, lyricist and composer, who wrote a number of well-known songs from the 1950s to the 1980s. Almost every Elvis Presley film contained one or more works written by W ...

, is a song that was originally released by

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in 1959 and became a hit for teenage American actor

Eddie Hodges Samuel "Eddie" Hodges (born March 5, 1947) is an American former child actor and recording artist. His 1961 cover of the Isley Brothers' single " I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" reached number 1 in Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden and Australia, ...

in 1961. The song peaked at #12 at ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and became a #1 hit in Canada, Australia, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Cover versions

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, on his album '' Two Sides of "Crash"'', in 1972; it became a big

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hit. *

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, in 1974, reached # 11 on the UK singles chart. * Former

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drummer

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, in the 1960s, with his group, the Pete Best Four. *In

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, three lyric versions exist, "Mina kärleksbrev dom vill jag ha igen" ("My love letters, I want them again") written by

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and released in 1961 as recorded by

Lill-Babs Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers ...

, "Min lägenhet den vill jag ha igen" ("My flat, I want it again") written by

Einar Svensson John Einar "Stor-Klas" Svensson (27 September 1894 – 20 March 1959) was a Swedish ice hockey player, bandy player, footballer and football manager. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was a member of the Swedish ice hockey ...

and released as recorded by

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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 Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg (born Pedersen; 5 March 1963) is a Swedish singer. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with "Boogaloo (song), Boogaloo" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodif ...

on the 1988 album '' 100%''.

Trivia

* It was the first number-one single on ''

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'', which is considered the first official record chart in

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*The song was used by the

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for a door-knocking donation awareness campaign on TV in Australia in the 1980s. It had been a #1 hit there in 1961. * An excerpt of "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" was used in the Buchanan and Goodman 1961 break-in novelty recording entitled "Berlin Top Ten" which dealt with the Berlin Wall crisis, during the Cold War. Boris the Russian Spinner, introduces the song as "I'm Gonna Knock on your Door" by the Secret Police, but it is interrupted by a breaking news development involving another Cold War issue.

Chart performance

Eddie Hodges

Billy "Crash" Craddock

Jimmy Osmond

References

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* * * 1959 songs 1959 singles 1961 singles 1972 singles The Isley Brothers songs Billy "Crash" Craddock songs Lotta Engberg songs Songs written by Aaron Schroeder Number-one singles in Canada Songs written by Sid Wayne Song recordings produced by Ron Chancey Thorleifs songs Lill-Babs songs Cadence Records singles ABC Records singles {{1960s-song-stub