| You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) | |
| Cover: | You Don't Have to Be a Star - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.jpg |
| Caption: | French release cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. |
| Album: | I Hope We Get to Love in Time |
| B-Side: | We've Got to Get it On Again |
| Released: | September 1976 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 4:41 (Album version) 3:40 (Single version) |
| Label: | ABC Records |
| Producer: | Don Davis |
| Prev Title: | I Hope We Get to Love on Time |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Your Love |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" is a song written by James Dean and John Glover and popularized by the husband/wife duo of Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., former members of the vocal group The 5th Dimension. Released from their album, I Hope We Get to Love in Time, it became a crossover success, spending six months on the charts and soaring to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts during late 1976 and early 1977.[3] It also reached No. 6 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart and No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. It would eventually be certified gold, selling over one million copies, and winning the couple a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1977.
| Chart (1976–1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia KMR | 21 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] [5] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B/Soul[6] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 6 |
| New Zealand[7] | 5 |
| Chart (1977) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 137 | |
| New Zealand[8] | 37 | |
| UK[9] | 98 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 27 |