Do n't Leave Me This Way - wikipedia Do n't Leave Me This Way This article is about the song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. For the Tina Turner song, see Do n't Leave Me This Way ( Tina Turner song ). `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' Single by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes from the album Wake Up Everybody B - side `` To Be Free to Be Who We Are '' Released November 1975 ( as an album track ) November 1977 ( as a single ) Format album track 7 '' vinyl 12 '' vinyl Recorded Genre Disco soul rhythm and blues Length 6 : 08 ( Album version ) 3 : 59 ( 7 ' edit ) 7 : 07 ( 12 '' version ) 11 : 00 ( 1988 version ) Label Philadelphia International Songwriter ( s ) Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert Producer ( s ) Gamble & Huff Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes singles chronology `` Tell the World How I Feel about ' Cha Baby '' ( 1976 ) `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' ( 1975 ) `` Reaching for the World '' ( 1977 ) `` Tell the World How I Feel about ' Cha Baby '' ( 1976 ) `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' ( 1977 ) `` Reaching for the World '' ( 1977 ) Audio sample file help `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' is a song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. First charting as a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass, an act on Gamble & Huff 's Philadelphia International label in 1975, `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' was later a huge disco hit for Motown artist Thelma Houston in 1977. The song was also a major hit for British group the Communards in 1986. Contents 1 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes version 1.1 Chart performance 2 Thelma Houston version 2.1 HIV / AIDS significance 2.2 Chart performance 2.3 Weekly charts 2.4 Year - end charts 2.5 Succession 3 The Communards version 3.1 Chart performance 4 Cover versions 5 References Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes version The Blue Notes ' original version of the song, featuring Teddy Pendergrass 's lead vocal, was included as an album track on the group 's successful album Wake Up Everybody released in November 1975. Though not issued as a single in the United States at the time, the Blue Notes ' recording reached number 3 on the US Billboard Disco Chart in the wake of Thelma Houston 's version. The song proved to be the group 's biggest hit in the UK, number 5 on the UK singles chart, when released there as a single in 1977. It became the title track of a budget LP issued on the CBS Embassy label in the UK in 1978. The track was finally issued as a 12 - inch single in the US in 1979, coupled with `` Bad Luck ''. Chart performance Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position US Billboard Disco Chart Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position Swedish Singles Chart 13 UK Singles Chart 5 Thelma Houston version `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' Single by Thelma Houston from the album Any Way You Like It B - side `` Today Will Soon Be Yesterday '' Released December 2, 1976 Format 7 '' vinyl 12 '' vinyl Recorded 1976 Genre Disco soul rhythm and blues Length 3 : 37 Label Motown Songwriter ( s ) Kenneth Gamble Leon Huff Cary Gilbert Producer ( s ) Hal Davis Thelma Houston singles chronology `` You 've Been Doing Wrong for So Long '' ( 1976 ) `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' ( 1976 ) `` If It 's the Last Thing I Do '' ( 1977 ) `` You 've Been Doing Wrong for So Long '' ( 1976 ) `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' ( 1976 ) `` If It 's the Last Thing I Do '' ( 1977 ) `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' was covered by Motown in 1976. Originally assigned to Diana Ross, it was intended to be the follow - up to her hit `` Love Hangover '' but was reassigned and given to the upcoming Motown artist Thelma Houston instead. Following the release of her third album Any Way You Like It, a Boston record pool unanimously reported positive audience response to `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' in discos, and the song was selected for release as a single. Houston 's version became a massive international hit, topping the soul singles chart and, nine weeks later, the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in April 1977. The song peaked at number 13 in the UK. The song went to number one on the disco chart. Later in the year, it was featured on the soundtrack of the movie, Looking for Mr. Goodbar. In 1978, `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' won the award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 20th Annual Grammy Awards. Houston 's version was revived in 1995 in several remixes, which reached number 19 on the US Billboard Dance Chart and number 35 in the UK. This version got Houston ranked number 86 on VH1 's `` 100 Greatest One - hit Wonders '', as well as the number 2 spot on their `` 100 Greatest Dance Songs '' list. The 1994 / 1995 remixes are : R&B vs 4 : 00 Remix radio vs 4 : 00 7 '' radio edit 4 : 00 Club remix vertigo 5 : 40 House club remix 5 : 40 Factory team remix 5 : 50 U.S. club edit 5 : 50 Serious rope club remix 7 : 10 Serious rope 7 '' remix 4 : 10 Jazz voice 's classic club trax 6 : 10 Jazz voice 's dub mix 7 : 35 Xs'2 house pump mix 7 : 30 Joe T. Vanelli dubby mix 8 : 40 Joe T. Vanelli light mix 5 : 20 Joe T. Vanelli Radio Cut 3 : 54 Joe T. Vanelli Extra Dubby 5 : 17 Junior sound factory mix 9 : 30 Tribe dub ( acid vocal ) 7 : 20 Junior 's factory dub 9 : 30 Junior gospel dub 7 : 55 Junior 's Tribe Prank Mix and Radio Edit 3 : 20. Hiv / AIDS significance Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Houston 's version of the song became an unofficial theme song for the AIDS epidemic in gay male communities of the west. American artist Nayland Blake created a work for American Foundation of AIDS research about the epidemic that referenced the song and its significance in the community. An art exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia entitled `` Do n't Leave Me This Way - Art in the age of AIDS '' opened in 1994 containing various works about the epidemic. A 246 - page publication of the exhibition also followed. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1976 -- 77 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 6 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 18 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) France ( IFOP ) 13 Germany ( Media Control Charts ) 5 Italy ( FIMI ) 15 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 17 South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) Spain ( AFYVE ) 11 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) UK Singles Chart 13 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Disco Singles US Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Billboard Adult Contemporary 40 US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 1995 ) ( remix version ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 83 UK Singles Chart 35 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 19 Year - end charts Chart ( 1977 ) Rank Australia 21 Canada 48 UK 133 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7 U.S. Cash Box 17 Succession Preceded by `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' by David Soul Billboard Hot 100 number - one single April 23, 1977 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Southern Nights '' by Glen Campbell Preceded by `` I Wish '' by Stevie Wonder Billboard 's Hot Soul Singles number - one single February 19, 1977 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` I 've Got Love on My Mind '' by Natalie Cole Preceded by Four Seasons of Love by Donna Summer ( all cuts ) Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number - one single ( with `` Any Way You Like It '' ) December 25, 1976 -- January 29, 1977 ( six weeks ) Succeeded by `` Disco Inferno '' / `` Starvin ' '' / `` Body Contact Contract '' by The Trammps The Communards version `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' Single by the Communards with Sarah Jane Morris from the album Communards B - side `` Sanctified '' Released August 1986 Format 7 '' vinyl, 12 '' vinyl, CD single, Cassette single Recorded 1985 -- 1986 Genre Hi - NRG Length 4 : 50 Label London Songwriter ( s ) Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert Producer ( s ) Mike Thorne the Communards singles chronology `` Disenchanted '' ( 1986 ) Disenchanted1986 `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' ( 1986 ) Do n't Leave Me This Way1986 `` So Cold The Night '' ( 1986 ) So Cold The Night 1986 The song was covered by the Communards in a Hi - NRG version. This recording topped the UK charts for four weeks in September 1986, becoming the biggest selling record of the year in the process. The featured guest vocalist was the female jazz singer Sarah Jane Morris. The song became a Top 40 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Dance chart. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation 's 16th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. Several remixes were issued, notably the `` Gotham City Mix '' which was split across two sides of a 12 '' single and ran for a total of 22 minutes 55 seconds. The album liner notes dedicate the song to the GLC. Chart performance Chart ( 1986 -- 87 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 19 Belgium ( VRT Top 30 Flanders ) Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ) France ( SNEP ) 6 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 5 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) 5 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Spain ( AFYVE ) 6 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) United Kingdom ( The Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 40 Preceded by `` The Power of Love '' by Jennifer Rush Top selling single of the year ( UK ) 1986 Succeeded by `` Never Gonna Give You Up '' by Rick Astley Preceded by `` I Wanna Wake Up with You '' by Boris Gardiner UK Singles Chart number one single September 7, 1986 ( 4 weeks ) Succeeded by `` True Blue '' by Madonna Preceded by `` Word Up ! '' by Cameo Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number - one single November 22, 1986 Succeeded by `` I Ca n't Turn Around '' by J.M. Silk Cover versions This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) A version of the song is featured in the stage musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert -- the Musical during a funeral scene. Episode 6 of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool featured the Communards version, accompanied on screen by the singing and dancing of the characters, as part of the story. Cher did a cover of the song during her Las Vegas residency show Cher. The 2012 song `` Lying Together '' by French Kiwi Juice samples vocals from Houston 's cover. The song appeared in the 2015 movie The Martian directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. References Jump up ^ Andrew Hamilton. `` Do n't Leave Me this Way - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Allmusic -- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes -- Billboard singles ''. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 03. 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Singles `` If You Do n't Know Me by Now '' `` The Love I Lost '' `` Bad Luck '' `` Hope That We Can Be Together Soon '' `` Wake Up Everybody '' `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' Related articles Discography Philadelphia International Records Book : Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Thelma Houston Studio albums Sunshower Thelma Houston ( 1972 ) I 've Got the Music in Me Any Way You Like It Thelma & Jerry The Devil in Me Two to One Ready to Roll Ride to the Rainbow Reachin ' All Around Breakwater Cat Never Gonna Be Another One Thelma Houston ( 1983 ) Qualifying Heat Throw You Down Thelma Houston ( 1994 ) A Woman 's Touch Collaboration albums Tore Down House Well to the Bone Associated albums Good News in Hard Times Soundtracks The Bingo Long Traveling All - Stars & Motor Kings Thank God It 's Friday Into the Night Lean on Me 54 Singles `` Baby Mine '' `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` Save the Country '' `` Me and Bobby McGee '' `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' `` Love Machine '' `` Suspicious Minds '' `` 96 Tears '' `` You Used to Hold Me So Tight '' `` Moonlight Serenade '' `` My Lucille '' `` Lean on Me '' `` Let It Be '' Related articles Fame Divas of Disco Jerry Butler Scott Henderson Sisters of Glory Book : Thelma Houston Jimmy Somerville Bronski Beat The Communards Discography Studio albums Bronski Beat The Age of Consent ( 1984 ) Rainbow Nation ( 1995 ) The Communards Communards ( 1986 ) Red ( 1987 ) Read My Lips ( 1989 ) Dare to Love ( 1995 ) Manage the Damage ( 1999 ) Home Again ( 2004 ) Suddenly Last Summer ( 2009 ) Homage ( 2015 ) Remix albums Bronski Beat Hundreds & Thousands ( 1985 ) Root Beer ( 2000 ) Live albums The Communards Storm Paris ( 1988 ) Compilations The Communards Heaven ( 1993 ) Het Beste Van The Communards ( 2005 ) The Platinum Collection ( 2006 ) Best ( 1989 ) The Singles Collection 1984 / 1990 ( 1990 ) Master Series ( 1991 ) The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards ( 2001 ) The Essentials ( 2002 ) For a Friend : The Best of Bronski Beat, The Communards & Jimmy Somerville ( 2009 ) Dance & Desire : Rarities & Videos ( 2014 ) Other albums Fine Young Cannibals ( 1985 ) ( VA ) Red Hot + Blue ( 1990 ) ( OST ) Orlando ( 1993 ) Plagiarism ( 1997 ) Another Gay Soundtrack ( 2006 ) Clubland 10 ( 2006 ) Extended plays Bright Thing ( 2010 ) Momentum ( 2011 ) Singles Bronski Beat `` Smalltown Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Why ? 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'' with Band Aid II ( 1989 ) `` From This Moment On '' ( 1990 ) `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' ( 1995 ) `` But Not Tonight '' ( 2004 ) `` I Was Born This Way '' ( 2006 ) `` Tell Me Why '' ( 2006 ) Video albums Bronski Beat The First Chapter ( 1985 ) The Communards The Video Singles ( 1986 ) Live at Full House Rock Show ( 2006 ) The Video Collection 1984 / 1990 ( 1990 ) Filmography Ahí Te Quiero Ver ( TV series ) ( 1987 ) Looking for Langston ( 1989 ) Orlando ( 1992 ) Lexx : `` Girltown '' ( TV series ) ( 2000 ) Related articles Gay icon London Records Bronski Beat discography Richard Coles Red Wedge Stephen Hague DJ Tonka Here and Now Tour `` Land of Confusion '' Book Portal Best - selling singles by year in the United Kingdom 1952 -- 1969 1952 : `` Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart '' -- Vera Lynn ( UK ) 1953 : `` I Believe '' -- Frankie Laine 1954 : `` Secret Love '' -- Doris Day 1955 : `` Rose Marie '' -- Slim Whitman 1956 : `` I 'll Be Home '' -- Pat Boone 1957 : `` Diana '' -- Paul Anka 1958 : `` Jailhouse Rock '' -- Elvis Presley 1959 : `` Living Doll '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1960 : `` It 's Now or Never '' -- Elvis Presley 1961 : `` Wooden Heart '' -- Elvis Presley 1962 : `` I Remember You '' -- Frank Ifield ( UK ) 1963 : `` She Loves You '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1964 : `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1965 : `` Tears '' -- Ken Dodd ( UK ) 1966 : `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' -- Tom Jones ( UK ) 1967 : `` Release Me '' -- Engelbert Humperdinck ( UK ) 1968 : `` Hey Jude '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1969 : `` Sugar, Sugar '' -- The Archies 1970 -- 1989 1970 : `` The Wonder of You '' -- Elvis Presley 1971 : `` My Sweet Lord '' -- George Harrison ( UK ) 1972 : `` Amazing Grace '' -- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band ( UK ) 1973 : `` Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree '' -- Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974 : `` Tiger Feet '' -- Mud ( UK ) 1975 : `` Bye Bye Baby '' -- Bay City Rollers ( UK ) 1976 : `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' -- Brotherhood of Man ( UK ) 1977 : `` Mull of Kintyre '' / `` Girls ' School '' -- Wings ( UK ) 1978 : `` Rivers of Babylon '' / `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' -- Boney M. 1979 : `` Bright Eyes '' -- Art Garfunkel 1980 : `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' -- The Police ( UK ) 1981 : `` Do n't You Want Me '' -- The Human League ( UK ) 1982 : `` Come On Eileen '' -- Dexys Midnight Runners ( UK ) 1983 : `` Karma Chameleon '' -- Culture Club ( UK ) 1984 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? 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Question: who sang the original don t leave me this way
Answer: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes