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Released on Motown, also I Want You Back (The Jacksons), Truly (Lionel Richie) and You Mean More to Me (Lionel Richie)
Written by Berry Gordy, also ABC (The Jacksons), The Love You Save (The Jacksons) and All I Could Do Was Cry (Etta James)
Part of Bye, Bye Baby, I Don’t Want to Take a Chance, also Bye Bye Baby, Please Forgive Me and Come to Me
Written by William Stevenson, also Dancing in the Street (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), Beechwood 4–5789 (Carpenters) and Hitch Hike (Marvin Gaye)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Berry Gordy wrote 81 songs on fono
William Stevenson wrote 51 songs on fono
Berry Gordy’s most frequent co-writer is Fonce Mizell (24 songs together)
William Stevenson’s most frequent co-writer is Ivy Jo Hunter (18 songs together)
Credits
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- Written by
- Berry Gordy and William Stevenson
- Released on
- Motown
- Written by
- Berry Gordy and William Stevenson
- Released on
- Motown
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Berry Gordy
Same writer: William Stevenson
Same label: Motown
Same release: Bye, Bye Baby, I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
Same writer: Berry Gordy
Same writer: William Stevenson
Same label: Motown
Same release: Bye, Bye Baby, I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
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1MusicBrainz I Don’t Want to Take a Chance was written by Berry Gordy
I Don’t Want to Take a Chance was written by Berry Gordy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Don’t Want to Take a Chance was written by William Stevenson
I Don’t Want to Take a Chance was written by William Stevenson
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3MusicBrainz I Don’t Want to Take a Chance is part of the release Bye, Bye Baby, I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
I Don’t Want to Take a Chance is part of the release Bye, Bye Baby, I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Motown is the label of the song I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
Motown is the label of the song I Don’t Want to Take a Chance
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5MusicBrainz I Don’t Want to Take a Chance was released on 1961
I Don’t Want to Take a Chance was released on 1961
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026