I Hear You Knocking
Dave Edmunds
1971
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1970
Release: 1970Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.7 reviewed original release year: Distributor original-year metadata and the MAM single chart record agree on 1970. The first chart date is corroboration, not an exact release day; the annual 1971 association remains intact.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
I Hear You Knocking - licensed original Dave Edmunds recording
Single Trax 1970-1981 preserves 1970 for this recording. This is the original recording year, not the later anthology package, a Rockpile-band performance or an exact January 1 release date.
Official Charts - Dave Edmunds, I Hear You Knocking
Primary chart authority documents the MAM single entering on November 21, 1970. Corroborates release by 1970 alongside distributor original-year metadata; the chart-entry day is not assigned as a release day.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Dave Edmunds released I Hear You Knocking as a solo single on MAM in 1970. The recording was already in the British chart that November, before its appearance in the app's 1971 U.S. annual list. Its later inclusion on compilations does not change the original recording year. The named artist and version remain separate from other performers' recordings of the song. Retained list context: I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds appears at number 81 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1971. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Evidence scope: Sourced recording and release context; private songwriting inspiration or exact audio identity is not inferred.
Sources for this information
I Hear You Knocking - licensed original Dave Edmunds recording
Single Trax 1970-1981 preserves 1970 for this recording. This is the original recording year, not the later anthology package, a Rockpile-band performance or an exact January 1 release date. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Official Charts - Dave Edmunds, I Hear You Knocking
Primary chart authority documents the MAM single entering on November 21, 1970. Corroborates release by 1970 alongside distributor original-year metadata; the chart-entry day is not assigned as a release day. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Billboard year-end 1971 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
I Hear You Knocking by Dave Edmunds appears at number 81 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1971. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial classification of this recording, informed by the cited artist and original-release context. Genre tags are interpretive, not an assertion that the source assigns an exact taxonomy.
Billboard year-end 1971 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
I Hear You Knocking - licensed original Dave Edmunds recording
Single Trax 1970-1981 preserves 1970 for this recording. This is the original recording year, not the later anthology package, a Rockpile-band performance or an exact January 1 release date.
Official Charts - Dave Edmunds, I Hear You Knocking
Primary chart authority documents the MAM single entering on November 21, 1970. Corroborates release by 1970 alongside distributor original-year metadata; the chart-entry day is not assigned as a release day.
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