I Don't Want to Do Wrong

For the play by Tyler Perry, see I Don't Want to Do Wrong (play).

"I Don't Want to Do Wrong" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. It was released in May 1971 from the album If I Were Your Woman.

"I Don't Want to Do Wrong"
Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
from the album If I Were Your Woman
B-side	"Is There a Place (In His Heart for Me)"
Released	May 6, 1971[citation needed]
Recorded	March 1970
Genre	Soul R&B
Length	3:15
Label	Soul (S 35083)
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Bristol Gladys Knight Merald Knight William Guest Katherine Anderson-Schaffner
Producer(s)	Johnny Bristol
Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology
"If I Were Your Woman" (1970) "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" (1971) "Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To" (1971)

The song reached number two on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. On the pop charts, it peaked at No. 17 on Billboard and No. 9 on Cash Box.^[1][2] It was a more modest hit in Canada.

Chart history

Weekly singles chart (1970–71) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles 30 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 17 U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles 2 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[3] 9

Year-end chart (1971) Rank U.S. Billboard R&B[4] 25