# Save the Overtime (For Me)

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1983 single by Gladys Knight and the Pips

"Save The Overtime (For Me)" Single by Gladys Knight and the Pips from the album Visions Released March 1983 Genre Boogie, Post-disco, Soul music, electro-funk, Freestyle Length 4:42 Label Columbia Songwriters B. Knight, G. Knight, J. Gallo, R. Smith, S. L. Dees Producer Rickey "Freeze" Smith Gladys Knight and the Pips singles chronology "That Special Time Of Year" (1982) "Save The Overtime (For Me)" (1983) "You're Number One (In My Book)" (1983)

"**Save The Overtime (For Me)**" is a 1983 single by the R&B and pop group, [Gladys Knight and the Pips](/source/Gladys_Knight_and_the_Pips). The song, under the artistic direction of [Leon Sylvers III](/source/Leon_Sylvers_III) (known for collaborating on [Shalamar](/source/Shalamar) hits), was done in a [soulful](/source/Soul_music) [boogie](/source/Boogie_(genre)) style.[1]

## Chart performance

The single was released from their album *[Visions](/source/Visions_(Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips_album))* and reached number sixty-six on the [Hot 100](/source/Hot_100), but was more successful on the R&B where it hit number one for a single week in mid 1983.[2] The single was the first time the group hit number one on the R&B chart since 1974.

## 7-inch single

1. "Save The Overtime (For Me)" – 3:50

1. "Ain't No Greater Love" – 4:53

## 12-inch single

1. "Save The Overtime (For Me)" – 6:38

1. "Save The Overtime (For Me)" (instrumental) – 6:38

## Charts

Chart (1983) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100[3] 66 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Nelson, George (2003). *The Death of Rhythm and Blues*. Penguin. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1101160675](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1101160675).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2004). *Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004*. Record Research. p. 330.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Gladys_Knight_and_The_Pips_3-0)** "[Gladys Knight and The Pips Chart History (Hot 100)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Gladys-Knight-and-The-Pips/chart-history/HSI)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Gladys_Knight_and_The_Pips_4-0)** "[Gladys Knight and The Pips Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Gladys-Knight-and-The-Pips/chart-history/BSI)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*.

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Studio albums Gladys Knight and the Pips Everybody Needs Love Nitty Gritty If I Were Your Woman Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love Soundtrack albums Claudine Compilation albums The Ultimate Collection Singles "Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind" Related topics Discography Barry Hankerson

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