Knight, Gladys - It Should Have Been Me Lyrics

Gladys sang what you felt!

Yvonne Fair awesome soul singer R.I.P.

How did that powerful voice fit into that little woman amazing....

I didn't know Gladys sang this.
Wonderful. 🕊⚘💗

~ 1963, here 1968, 1976! Love and honour and respect to our living icon: Gladys Knight!
Many thousands of hours of enjoyment from she & the tipsy Pips! This song was so ahead of its time in the 1960s.
R.I.P. here for the icon Norman Whitfield, and this brilliant song still fresh in 2019!! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

This is a very hurtful song I know many people brought tears and bad memories to the eyes but life goes on and on just like a funeral

raised singiin her music and good too!!!

This record brings tears to my eyes...Robert, you married my 2nd best girlfriend from high school

REMEMBERING SONGWRITER/PRODUCER NORMAN WHITFIELD
(MAY 12, 1940 - SEPTEMBER 16, 2008) [09/16/2018]

Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin & Pattie Labelle-don't get no better than that! Gladys can sing anything, miss her, come back woman.

This song makes me cry tears looking back over my life and when I didn't take things for granted this song have a lot meaning to it Smile and sad cases

Amazing woman

GK and the P.,I do love , ✋'s up!

Berry Barfield 🤚🏾

A British show "The Vicar of Dibley" does a great parody of this song ... "Handsome Stranger" episode ... it's excellent .... Gladys is always excellent ... great song ..

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HAPPY 73RD BIRTHDAY GLADYS MARIA KNIGHT (MAY 28, 2017)

Excellent.
Motown number one in the World.

still one of my favorite songs

Gladys does this one - amazingly, though it was really Yvonne Fair, but sadly the sound is not that good - any how - smashing tune!!!

A Englund Kim Weston 1963, Gladys Knight 1968, Yvonne Fair 1976.

A Englund I respectfully disagree. But I just love Gladys her voice is amazing.

Own up, who is not dancing when they hear this?

i understand the meaning of this song, i been there

Bettye Torkpo I definitely understand how you feel. Those words tell my story.

@Helena Rudd
And mine Helena. 🕊⚘💗

@Davina Stanton Thank you so much for responding. I will tell you it took him 21 years to come back and apologize and to say that forever he would love me and that if he would have listen to me years ago his life wouldn't have gotten so messed up. He died a couple of years after, but at least I know he did love me after all.

HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY EMPRESS OF SOUL (MAY 28, 2015)

Not a patch on Yvonne Fair.
Now there's a voice.

Don't agree. It is just as good as Yvonne's (may she RIP)

Jayne Edwards version is better than both of these

@Marilyn S Gladys' version was so much better-not only her voice, but a the Motown production.

I mean, when we did the Yvonne Fair version, of course!

'SomeBODy call the po-lice/That woman down there is a doggone thief'!  My piano player could NOT stop laughing when we did this one for fun.

I love this lady, her music, her voice are God given talent. God bless her <3

Right after this, listen to the Temptations,""(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's you that I Need"
Same key, same feel. I'm pretty sure both were written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong. All in the Motown family.

I never tire of listening to Gladys

I bought this in the USA in the early seventies on a 12 inch version and it is still mint condition great song

This version was the hit in the US and Canada. (Yvonne Fair's version did OK, but this was far bigger.)

I agree.She gave it that extra ''kick''.

Gladys is a great singer, but the Yvonne Fair version of this is superior. More Oomph.

Nope. Do not agree. No way.

you want to listen to kim westons version,lot better than yvonne fair,and on par with this one,well in my opinion

She did it as a solo ... and it is on YOUTUBE!

Motown put out recordings that had very potent "B" sides.
This song had a very stirring "B" side called, "You Don't Love Me No More".
That should have been released as a single.

I don't know if it was Motown nor do I know if you remember back to 72/73 but The Spinners "It's a Shame" was originally the 'B' side of "How Could I let you Get Away" which was a favorite of mine because I like ballads.

Invictus also did this.

this is my favorite song by gladys knight and the pips if I was ever on my death bed and had 1 last wish it would be to meet her in person

Ok folks the Empress of Soul was only 24 or 25 when she sang this song, Oh let her sing this now, she'll kill it and still own it. If she turns it into a solo, it's all over.

I think for its time this is a brilliant vocal by Gladys Knight but 10 years on and the funkier production & harmonies gave the Yvonne Fair version a much better edge.
Remember Yvonne Fair had worked with James Brown and gave the song that extra oomph !! (In my humble opinion)

gladys is one of my all time favourite singers and this is a tremendous song and one of my favourites. not a patch on the yvonne fair version though which is simply divine.

i love this version to be fair, but its really missing something.

someone mentioned the way the drums build in this, and i agree.. love that

Beverley Rainford there's nothing missing it's got Gladys

One of the most interesting parts of this is the development of the drum track increasing throughout the song...

Tim Abbas The Yvonne Fair version uses a drum machine for the backing and the rhythm sounds so futuristic in its attempt to copy the original drum pattern, which in itself is very unusual for a motown sound dominated by the 4/4 kick and snare

Yvonne Fair......absolutely brilliant at this song!! Gladys good shot at it.....not the same im afraid x

Why would you invite an old girl friend to your wedding knowing how she probably felt about you? This is just a formula for trouble!

So true

it happened to me......

love this song how many have said it lol

i am looking for an instrmental to this version.. does anyone know where i can find it? Please

i love this song

Sorry, wrong song. It was "I WISH IT WOULD RAIN"

Gladys says that whenever they sang this song in Detroit, that David Ruffin would come up and sang with her, turning it into a duet.