Editing Sam & Dave (section)

==="I Thank You" single and ''I Thank You'' LP===
In 1968, Sam & Dave again charted with the gospel-inspired "I Thank You/Wrap It Up" (R&B No. 4/Pop No. 9). Critics commented that the B-side "Wrap It Up" could have been a separate successful single, which it later became for [[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]]. Because the duo were so busy touring, Hayes & Porter traveled to Europe to record the vocal track on "Wrap It Up" in order to release the single. Due to the end of the distribution agreement between Stax and [[Atlantic Records]] in May 1968, "[[I Thank You (Sam & Dave song)|I Thank You]]" was Sam & Dave's final single on Stax. Although they continued to work at Stax with Hayes/Porter, as of May 1968, the duo's work was released on Atlantic Records. "I Thank You" sold over one million copies, earning it gold record status.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/247 247]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url-access= registration
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/247
}}</ref>

Sam & Dave's first 1968 single for Atlantic was "You Don't Know What You Mean to Me", written by [[Eddie Floyd]] and [[Steve Cropper]] (R&B #19/Pop #48). Sam & Dave said it was their favorite of their songs.<ref>''Blitz'' magazine – July 1978, p8</ref> Sam & Dave also released "Can't You Find Another Way (of Doing It)" (#20 R&B/#54 Pop), but it was not included in the ''I Thank You'' LP. Their final single of 1968, "Everybody Got to Believe in Somebody", charted in the lower levels of the pop charts and ended Sam & Dave's streak at 10 straight R&B top 20 singles.

Though on Atlantic, the ''I Thank You'' LP (10/68) included 1968 singles initially on both Stax and Atlantic. The LP peaked at No. 38 on the R&B charts, and was the only LP of their Stax recordings not to chart on the Pop LP charts.<ref>''Soulsville'', Bowman pp 138</ref>