Gladys Knight And The Pips - Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) / Can't Give It Up No More Album

Tracklist

1	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) Arranged By – Artie Butler, Michael O'MartianProducer – Joe PorterWritten-By – J. Weatherly	4:13
2	Can't Give It Up No More Producer – H. B. Barnum, Johnny Bristol, Paul RiserWritten-By – D. Jones, Jr., J. Bristol, W. Brown, Jr.	3:38

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S35098F	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) / Can't Give It Up No More ‎(7", Single)	Soul	S35098F	US	1973
S35098F	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) / Can't Give It Up No More ‎(7", Single)	Soul	S35098F	Panama	1973
1 C 006-94163	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) ‎(7")	Tamla Motown, EMI Electrola	1 C 006-94163	Germany	1973
S 35098F	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) / Can't Give It Up No More ‎(7")	Tamla Motown	S 35098F	Canada	1973
S 35098 F	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) / Can't Give It Up No More ‎(7", Single)	Soul	S 35098 F	US	1972

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (A): 61465
• Matrix / Runout (B): 61329
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Companies

• Published By – Keca Music Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation

Short intro

Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Released on December 26, 1972 on Motown's Soul Records imprint as S 35098, it became one of their biggest hit singles to date, and was also the last single the group released prior to them leaving Motown for Buddah Records in February 1973. By 1972, Gladys Knight & The Pips had spent six and a half years with Motown Records, having signed with the label in 1966. Though well known prior to signing. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First To Say Goodbye. This was one of their last hits for Motown in 1973 before going Knight & the Pips. Greatest Hits. Bbmaj7 Gm7 C7 Neither one of us, wants to be the first to Fmaj7 Bbm6 C7 Fmaj7 Farewell my love, good-bye. Chord diagrams: - Fmaj7 Gm7 C7 F7 Bbmaj7 Am7 Bbm6. How to play Neither One Of Us. Report bad tab. Album 1973 9 Songs. Neither One of Us Wants To Be the First To Say Goodbye. Neither One of Us is an album recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in early 1973 see 1973 in music by Motown Records on the Soul Records label. The label released the album shortly after the group left the label for Buddah Records while the title track was rising up the charts. That song eventually peaked at 2 on the US Pop Charts, and reached the top spot on the R&B Charts. Motown issued another single, Daddy Could Swear, I Declare, in April of the year. Daddy was a Top 20 hit on the. Why Motown never pushed them as much as they could have mystified many at the time, and while Knight and the Pips didn't surpass their Motown material at other labels, they created enough outstanding songs to justify their decision to leave. Gladys Knight & The Pips were a soul and rnb family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, active from. The group is best known for their string of hit singles oGladys Knight & The Pips were a soul and rnb family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, active from 1953 to 1989. The group is best known for their string of hit singles o read more. Gladys Knight & The Pips were a soul and rnb family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, active from 1953 to 1989. The group is best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's 'Soul' record label read more. Similar Artists. Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye. This song is by Gladys Knight & the Pips and appears on the album Neither One Of Us 1973 and on the compilation Sounds of the Seventies: 1973 - Take Two 1991. This song has been sampled by DJ Koze in the song Pick Up. It's sad to think we're not gonna make itAnd it's gotten to the pointWhere we just can't fake itFor some ungodly reasonWe just won't let it die. I guess neither one of usNeither one of us wants to be the first to say good-bye. Pick Up is built around a sample of Gladys Knight & the Pips 1972 song Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye, her final single for Motown. It turns out that a dire, here-comes-the-end soul ballad works wonders when transposed onto the worlds dancefloors. Its a surprising if not unwelcome fate for Neither One of Us, which was originally composed by former University-of-Mississippi-quarterback-turned-si