"Neither One of Us" is a song recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...

. Released in 1973 from the album, Neither One of Us

Neither One of Us (album)

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, the song spent four weeks at number one on the Soul Singles chart during the spring of that year. The song was also one of their biggest crossover hits, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. It was one of the groups last hits with Motown

Motown Records

Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...

 before leaving for Buddah Records

Buddah Records

Buddah Records was founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding...

. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was awarded between 1966 and 2011...

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Saxophonist David Sanborn

David Sanborn

David Sanborn is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school...

 covered the song from his 1982 album Backstreet (David Sanborn album)

Backstreet (David Sanborn album)

-Track listing:#"I Told U So" #"When You Smile at Me" #"Believer" #"Backstreet" #"A Tear for Crystal" #"Bum's Cathedral"...

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Country singer Bob Luman

Bob Luman

Bob Luman was an American country and rockabilly singer.-Early life and career:...

 recorded a successful cover version of "Neither One of Us ... ." His version reached number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart, concurrent with the success of the Gladys Knight & the Pips' version. R&B singer Angie Stone also sampled it for "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" from her 1999 album, Black Diamond.

Chart positions

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	2
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles	1

External links

• [ Song Review] on Allmusic