I Don't Want to Take a Chance

"I Don't Want to Take a Chance" is a single released by Mary Wells in 1961 on the Motown label. It was the second single release from Wells, who hit the charts with her Jackie Wilson-esque "Bye Bye Baby".

While that song was able to reach the top fifty of the pop singles chart, the string-laden follow-up performed better reaching number thirty-three on the US pop chart and peaking at number-nine on the R&B singles chart.

The song became one of the first nationally released Motown singles to reach the top forty on the pop chart after Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" and The Miracles' "Shop Around".

Personnel

 * Vocal by Mary Wells
 * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
 * Strings played by assorted musicians
 * Written by Berry Gordy and William "Mickey" Stevenson
 * Produced by Berry Gordy