Today’s classic song of the day is a forgotten soul track from the early ’70s. The song is “She’s Not Just Another Woman” by a group called the 8th Day. It was released as a single in March of 1971 and peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, #8 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #3 on Billboard’s R&B chart.
“She’s Not Just Another Woman” was released on the Invictus Records label. Invictus was started by the team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland (AKA Holland-Dozier-Holland, AKA H-D-H) after they left Motown records in the late 1960s over a financial dispute. The trio founded two record labels, Invictus and Hot Wax Records, and started grooming new groups to assume the roles previously held by the Four Tops, the Temptations, and the Supremes.
One might assume that 8th Day was one such group, but one would be just a little off. In reality, the group billed on record as the 8th Day was actually another group, 100 Proof (Aged in Soul). That group had another single on the charts at that time (“Somebody’s Been Sleeping in My Bed“) and H-D-H, not wanting to cannibalize sales from that track, released “She’s Not Just Another Woman” under the fake name of the 8th Day. It was the first of just two singles released under that faux name.
(Interestingly, “She’s Not Just Another Woman” was included on 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)’s album, Somebody’s Been Sleeping in My Bed, under the 100 Proof name. They were only called the 8th Day on the single release.)
“She’s Not Just Another Woman” was written by H-D-H but, because of their ongoing contract dispute with Berry Gordy and Motown Recods, it was credited instead to Invictus/Hot Wax stalwarts Ron Dunbar and Clyde Wilson. H-D-H did the producing, properly credited.
