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: "Bluebird" would debut on the Billboard's Hot 100 dated July 5, with a parallel debut on the magazine's Easy Listening Top 40, only to become the least successful lead single from a Helen Reddy album since "No Sad Song" from Reddy's second album: Helen Reddy peaked at number 62 in 1972: 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 August 1975 release the track "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" was rush released as a single, with "Bluebird" resulantly stalling at number 35 on the Hot 100 to drop off that chart after only six weeks. "Bluebird" did manage to rise as high as numbe 5 the Top Ten on the BillboardEasy Listening Top 40 in an eight week chart tenure, and was also a minor hit in both Canada and New Zealand. Despite its statistically low-profile in her repertoire, "Bluebird" would be spoken of fondly by Reddy:"I love Leon Russell's writing and I love this song. It was an integral part of my repertoire for nearly 30 years, and I never tired of singing it." 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, really struck a nerve with many listeners" - debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 dated August 9 1975, rising as high as number 8 in its 16 week chart tenure: after debuting on the Easy Listening Top 40 dated August 23, "Ain't No Way..." would become the seventh of Reddy's eight number 1 Easy Listening hits, with a chart tenure of 11 weeks. for 11 weeks. 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."Ain't No Way..." was also a hit in New Zealand and became Reddy's final chart item in her native Australia at #94. The song also earned Reddy her final Grammy nomination, in this case in the category of Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. No Way to Treat a Lady became Reddy's first album to yield a third single release when "Somewhere in the Night" was issued November 17 1975 to debut November 29 on the Easy Listening Top 40 where its tenure was 14-weeks with a number 2 peak. Debuting on the Hot 100 of December 6, "Somewhere in the Night" would peak at number 19 in a 14-week tenure: No Way to Treat a Lady would be Reddy's last album to yield more than one Top 40 hit. In Canada "Somewhere in the Night" charted with a number 27 peak. ""Barry Manilow also recorded this song but graciously conceded that he thought my version was better. I don't think it possible for anyone to make a bad recording of such a great tune."
