Who 's Making Love - wikipedia Who 's Making Love `` Who 's Making Love '' Single by Johnnie Taylor from the album Who 's Making Love... STS - 2005 B - side `` I 'm Trying '' Released October 1968 ( 1968 ) Recorded 1968 Genre Memphis soul Length 2 : 47 Label Stax STA - 0009 Songwriter ( s ) Homer Banks Bettye Crutcher Don Davis Raymond Jackson Producer ( s ) Don Davis `` Who 's Making Love '' is a song written by Stax Records staffers Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis and Raymond Jackson and recorded by singer Johnnie Taylor. Released on the Stax label in the late summer of 1968, it became Taylor 's breakthrough single, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot R&B singles chart and number five on the Billboard Hot 100. It became one of the few singles Taylor would become primarily known for in the mainstream. The song featured the Stax house band, Booker T. & the M.G. 's, and Isaac Hayes ( on keyboards ). It was Taylor 's best - selling single before the release of `` Disco Lady '' almost a decade later. According to Bettye Crutcher, the lyrics were inspired by the 1920s novelty song `` Who Takes Care of the Caretaker 's Daughter ( While the Caretaker 's Busy Taking Care ) ''. Contents 1 Chart positions 2 Cover versions 3 References 4 External links Chart positions Chart ( 1967 -- 68 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B singles Cover versions Tony Joe White covered the song on his 1968 album Black and White. The Blues Brothers released a cover version as a single in 1980, which reached number 39 on the US charts. Latvian Blues Band released a cover version on their 2013 live album Live at the Dream Factory. Christian McBride included the song in his 2013 album Out Here. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 568. Jump up ^ Rob Bowman, Soulsville, U.S.A. : The Story of Stax Records, p. 163 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Hey, Western Union Man '' by Jerry Butler Billboard Hot R&B Singles number - one single November 23, 1968 -- December 7, 1968 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` I Heard It Through the Grapevine '' by Marvin Gaye Johnnie Taylor Songs `` Who 's Making Love '' `` Take Care of Your Homework '' `` Jody 's Got Your Girl and Gone '' `` I Believe in You ( You Believe in Me ) '' `` Disco Lady '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who%27s_Making_Love&oldid=771782162 '' Categories : 1968 singles Johnnie Taylor songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Songs written by Homer Banks 1980 singles The Blues Brothers songs Songs written by Raymond Jackson ( songwriter ) Songs written by Don Davis ( record producer ) 1968 songs Stax Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2017, at 14 : 06. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings who's making love to your old lady
Answer: Johnnie Taylor