"I Don't Want to Have to Marry You" is a song written by

Fred Imus Frederic Moore Imus (January 11, 1942 – August 6, 2011) was an American radio talk show host and the younger brother of radio talk show host Don Imus. He hosted ''Trailer Park Bash'', a weekly country music program launched on May 6, 2006, on Sa ...

and Phil Sweet, and recorded by American country music duo

Jim Ed Brown James Edward Brown (April 1, 1934 – June 11, 2015) was an American country singer-songwriter who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of the Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a ...

and

Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius (born Helen Lorene Johnson; December 6, 1941) is an American country music, country singer-songwriter, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S. country singles top ten during th ...

. It was released in July 1976 as the first single and title track from the album ''I Don't Want to Have to Marry You''. It was the most successful single for both Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius as both a duo and as solo artists. The single was the only number one of their careers and stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.

Chart performance

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1976 singles Helen Cornelius songs Jim Ed Brown songs Song recordings produced by Bob Ferguson (musician) RCA Records singles Male–female vocal duets {{1970s-country-song-stub