Chart performance

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It reached #13 on the Billboard chart in 1964.^[2] In Canada it reached number 17.^[3] The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart.^[4] The song was featured on their 1965 album, Thou Shalt Not Steal.^[5]

Other versions

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Loudermilk released the original version of the song in 1962 where it reached #73 on the Billboard chart.^[6]
Glenda Collins released a version as a single in the UK in 1965.^[7]
The Pleazers released a version of the song as part of an EP in New Zealand in 1966.^[8]
The Newbeats released a version as a single in 1969 where it reached #128 on the Billboard chart.^[9]

References

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^ Dick and Dee Dee, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" US single release Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ Dick and Dee Dee, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" chart position Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ "RPM Top 40&5 - January 4, 1965" (PDF).
^ Dick and Dee Dee, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" UK single release Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ Dick and Dee Dee, Thou Shalt Not Steal Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ John D. Loudermilk, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" chart position Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ Glenda Collins, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" single release Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ The Pleazers, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" single release Retrieved May 2, 2015
^ The Newbeats, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" chart position Retrieved May 2, 2015

v t e Dick and Dee Dee
Dick St. John Dee Dee Sperling
Singles	"The Mountain's High" "Young and in Love" "Turn Around" "All My Trials" "Not Fade Away" "Thou Shalt Not Steal" "When Blue Turns to Grey" "Till"
Cover Songs	"500 Miles" "Alexander's Ragtime Band" "Bluebirds over the Mountain" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Don't Think Twice" "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" "How Do You Do It" "Mashed Potato Time" "Moon River" "New Orleans" "Swing Low" "Unchained Melody" "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"

v t e The Newbeats
Larry Henley Louis "Dean" Mathis Mark Mathis
Studio albums	Bread & Butter
Singles	"Bread and Butter" "Everything's Alright" "Break Away (from That Boy)" "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" "Bird Dog" "So Fine" "Thou Shalt Not Steal" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)"
Cover Songs	"Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" "Baby Let's Play House" "Bye Bye Love" "Come See About Me" "Great Balls of Fire" "Hang On Sloopy" "Help!" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" "I Can't Hear You No More" "I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song)" "Mother-in-Law" "Oh, Pretty Woman" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"