Don’t Leave Me This Way

~ Recording by Thelma Houston

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:39Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like ItThelma HoustonAlbum
  • US1976-10-28
TamlaT6-345S1
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:39Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like ItThelma HoustonAlbum
Motown1C 064-98 431
1.7Don't Leave Me This Way5:39Thelma HoustonBlack Gold: The Greatest Hits of Black MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)ADE G 93
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:44Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like ItThelma HoustonAlbum
  • US1990-03-27
MotownMOTD-5226
1.1Don’t Leave Me This Way5:43Thelma HoustonBest of Thelma HoustonThelma HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-05-07
Motown3746354922
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:44Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like ItThelma HoustonAlbum
  • US1992-02-03
Motown3746352262
1.4Don’t Leave Me This Way5:43Thelma HoustonDisco Nights, Volume 6: #1 Disco HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-08-24
Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint)314 520 245-2
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way5:46Thelma HoustonMotown Dance: Disco Nights, Volume 9Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint)314 520 298-2
1.6Don’t Leave Me This Way5:43Thelma HoustonDouble 70Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1997-03-17
PolyGram553 443-2
2.5Don’t Leave Me This Way5:43Thelma HoustonRetro DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU1997-09-16
Central Station (aka Central Station Records, Australian dance music label)CSR CD 5044
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way5:42Thelma Houston12" Essentials: The SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)314 565 545-2
2.6Don't Leave Me This Way5:39Thelma HoustonOne Shot Disco, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)541 142-2
2.5Don't Leave Me This Way5:40Thelma HoustonDancing QueensVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-06-19
Medalist Entertainment, Universal Music Special Markets314520746-2
1.8Don't Leave Me This Way5:39Thelma HoustonMiss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2005-03-15
Warner Sunset Records69721-8
2.2Don’t Leave Me This Way (original 12″ mix)5:47Thelma HoustonMotown Disco: Soulful Grooves from the ’70s & ’80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-08-16
Universal Music UK (do not use as a release label!)982 307-2, 982 307-3, 982 307-4
1.1Don’t Leave Me This Way5:43Thelma HoustonDisco GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O RecordsB0004137-02
6.6Don’t Leave Me This Way5:42Thelma HoustonMotown: The Complete No. 1’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-12-05
MotownB0012208-02
3.1Don't Leave Me This Way5:41Thelma HoustonA Complete Introduction to DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-09-20
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)5328514
3.1Don't Leave Me This Way5:41Thelma HoustonA Complete Introduction to DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-09-20
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)5328514
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:44Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like ItThelma HoustonAlbum
  • JP2013-04-24
MotownUICY-75552
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:42Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like It (Expanded Edition)Thelma HoustonAlbum
  • GB2015-02-16
SoulMusic Records (Founded in 2000 by music journalist/author/reissue producer David Nathan.)SMCR 5126
6.6Don’t Leave Me This Way5:42Thelma HoustonMotown: The Complete No. 1’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2019-06-28
Motown7747637
1.120Don’t Leave Me This Way (extended version)5:42Thelma HoustonMotown: The Complete No. 1’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Motown
4.4Don't Leave Me This Way (Extended Version)5:43Thelma HoustonGrand 12-Inches 19Ben LiebrandAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2022-11-25
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)196587043629
1.2Don’t Leave Me This Way5:42Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like ItThelma HoustonAlbum
Motown
1.5Don't Leave Me This Way5:44Thelma HoustonMega Hits Dance Classics, Volume 12Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Priority Records (US hip hop)P2 53728
Promotion
1.1Don't Leave Me This Way5:42Thelma Houston20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Thelma HoustonThelma HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-06-07
Universal Music Canada

Relationships

sampled by:Résurrection by KDD
edits:Don’t Leave Me This Way
recording of:Don’t Leave Me This Way (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song) (cover)

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)