Don’t Leave Me This Way

~ Recording by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Don’t Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesWake Up EverybodyHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsPZ 33808
1.4Don't Leave Me This Way6:05Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesWake Up EverybodyHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum
  • US1988-11-15
Philadelphia International RecordsZK 33808
1.5Don't Leave Me This Way6:10Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Love Collection, Volume VIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Trax MusicMODCD 1033
1.1Don't Leave Me This Way6:10Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesBest of 12" Gold, Volume 19Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Old Gold (UK, hits reissues)OG 3419
1.5Don't Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesGreatest Hits 105 Classic 70'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)
1.19Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesRhythm & Black (2CD)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 468077 2
1.19Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesRhythm & Soul (2CD Set)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)4680772
1.4Don't Leave Me This Way6:07Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Best of Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)ZK 66338
1.6Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Ultimate Blue NotesHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-08-21
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 85231
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way6:03Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesPhilly Super Soul HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-05-21
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 85937
2.2Don't Leave Me This Way (album version)6:06Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesBilly Paul & Harold Melvin and the Blue NotesBilly Paul & Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media, France LoisirsSMM 989421 2
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe EssentialHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 90627
1.5Don't Leave Me This Way6:10Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesSuper HitsHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-12-26
Philadelphia International RecordsA 705358
1.9Don't Leave Me This Way, Parts 1 & 26:05Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Essential Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2007-11-05
Philadelphia International Records
1.9Don't Leave Me This Way, Parts 1 & 26:05Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Essential Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-11-07
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International Records88697 17476 2
1.4Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesWake Up EverybodyHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum
  • XW2008-10-14
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International Records
3.15Don't Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesLove Train: The Sound of PhiladelphiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-10-21
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 35279 2, 88697352792
1.4Don't Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesWake Up EverybodyHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 85230
1.9Don't Leave Me This Way, Parts 1 & 26:05Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Essential Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International Records886975278527
1.4Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesWake Up Everybody... plusHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum
  • GB2010-04-19
Edsel RecordsEDSM0002
1.3Don't Leave Me This Way6:07Harold MelvinGreatest Ever! Soul: The Definitive CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicGTSTCD044
2.13Don’t Leave Me This Way6:07Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesPhiladelphia International Records: The 40th Anniversary Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
HarmlessHURTBOX001
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesAmerican Hustle: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2013-12-06
1.8Don’t Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesAmerican Hustle: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2013-12-24
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88843029572RE1
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesAmerican Hustle: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88843029572RE1
9.4Don't Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesPhiladelphia International Records: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-05-05
  • GB2014-05-05
Philadelphia International Records, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88843055662
3.4Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Box Set Series: ’70s SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-05-27
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88843065982
2.6Don't Leave Me This Way6:09Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesUltimate: MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IE2015-05-01
2.6Don’t Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesUltimate MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2015-09-25
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875085822
2.12Don’t Leave Me This Way6:06Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesBe for Real: The P.I.R. Recordings (1972-1975)Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-08-23
Philadelphia International Records, SoulMusic Records (Founded in 2000 by music journalist/author/reissue producer David Nathan.)SMCR5188BX
2.12Don’t Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesBlack & Blue / Wake Up EverybodyHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Vocalion (British label, aka Dutton Vocalion)CDSML 8571
1.12Don’t Leave Me This Way6:14Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesBlack & Blue / Wake Up EverybodyHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Vocalion (British label, aka Dutton Vocalion)CDSML 8571
5.4Don’t Leave Me This Way6:08Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Story Of Philadelphia International Records (VMP Story of Philadelphia International)The O’Jays, Billy Paul, MFSB, The Three Degrees, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Dexter Wansel, Philadelphia International All Stars & Leon HuffAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-02-01
Philadelphia International Records, Vinyl Me, Please.VMP-A011
Promotion
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way6:04Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesDance ClubVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

producer:Kenneth Gamble
Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
arranger:Norman Harris (American Philly Soul guitarist, producer, and songwriter)
has remixes:Don't Leave Me This Way
edits:Don’t Leave Me This Way
recording of:Don’t Leave Me This Way (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song)

Related works

Don’t Leave Me This Way (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song)

writer:Kenneth Gamble
Cary Gilbert
Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
referred to in medleys:Elephant Love (aka Elephant Love Medley, from Moulin Rouge!) (order: 5)