Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance


Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance is the debut album by Motown recording artist Mary Wells, released on Motown in 1961. The album didn't chart but yielded two hit singles for the teenaged Wells including "Bye Bye Baby", issued in late 1960, and "I Don't Want to Take a Chance", a song written for her by Berry Gordy and Mickey Stevenson. Wells' follow-up album, The One Who Really Loves You, was released in 1962.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Come to Me"
  2. "I Don't Want to Take a Chance"
  3. "Bye Bye Baby"
  4. "Shop Around"
  5. "I Love the Way You Love"

    Side two

  6. "I'm Gonna Stay"
  7. "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide"
  8. "Bad Boy"
  9. "I'm So Sorry"
  10. "Please Forgive Me"

    Personnel