[5] The advance single from the album issued in June 1975 paired the tracks "You Don't Need a Reason" and "Bluebird," the former - written by Alex Harvey who'd penned Reddy's number 1 hit "Delta Dawn" - being the intended A-side.

However a week after the single's release Capitol Records with Reddy's husband/manager Jeff Wald issued a statement announcing that "Bluebird" - a Leon Russell composition - would be promoted as the A-side.

Capitol Records evidently had misgivings about both sides of the advance single from No Way to Treat a Lady, as parallel with the album's June 1975 release the track "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" was rush released as a single, with "Bluebird" resultantly stalling at number 35 on the Hot 100 to drop off that chart after only six weeks.

"[10] The second single "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" - which was "written by the talented Harriet Schock, a fine singer in her own right, [and] really struck a nerve with many listeners"[10] - debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 dated August 9, 1975, rising as high as number 8 in its 16 week chart tenure.

[8] On the Canadian hit parade as ranked by RPM, "Ain't No Way..." rose as high as #2 making it Reddy's highest charting Canadian hit after "I am Woman" and "Delta Dawn", both of which reached the #1 position on the RPM chart (from which "Ain't No Way..." was kept first by "Third Rate Romance" by the Amazing Rhythm Aces and then by "I'm Sorry" by John Denver).