(I Know) I'm Losing You

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For other uses, see I'm Losing You (disambiguation).
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul
B-side "I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To"
Released November 2, 1966
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A); September 12 & September 16, 1966
Genre R&B, soul
Length 2:30
Label Gordy
G 7057
Writer(s) Norman Whitfield
Edward Holland, Jr.
Cornelius Grant
Producer(s) Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
(1966)		 "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
(1966)		 "All I Need"
(1967)
The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul track listing
  1. "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
  2. "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone"
  3. "All I Need"
  4. "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"
  5. "No More Water in the Well"
  6. "Save My Love For a Rainy Day"
  7. "Just One Last Look"
  8. "Sorry Is a Sorry Word"
  9. "You're My Everything"
  10. "Now That You've Won Me"
  11. "Two Sides to Love"
  12. "Don't Send Me Away"
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Single by Rare Earth
from the album Ecology
Released July 1970
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1970
Genre Rock, progressive rock
Length 3:36 (single edit)
10:56 (album version)
Label Rare Earth
R 5021
Producer(s) Rare Earth
Rare Earth singles chronology
"Get Ready"
(1970)		 "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
(1970)		 "Born to Wander"
(1970)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Single by Uptown
Released 1983
Format 12"
Genre Electronic dance music
Length 4:05
Label Oak Lawn Records
OLR-121
Writer(s) Norman Whitfield
Edward Holland, Jr.
Cornelius Grant
Producer(s) Jack Malken , Scott Yahney, (Associate producer: David Hilzendager), (Associate producer: Ray Cooper)

"(I Know) I'm Losing You" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label[1] and produced by Norman Whitfield.

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This song was another step away from the group's softer records recorded with Smokey Robinson as producer, a change that Whitfield had begun with "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" earlier in the year. "I'm Losing You" features a much more dramatic arrangement than most contemporary Motown songs: a rock-styled guitar riff (devised by Temptations road manager/band director Cornelius Grant), sharp horn blasts and the Temptations' doo-wop vocals paint the backdrop for one of David Ruffin's trademark raspy lead vocals.

As The Funk Brothers keep time with the song's James Brown-inspired beat, Ruffin pointedly accuses his lover of gradually slipping away from him. The closing vocal riff to the song's chorus had the other four Temptations call out an extended "losing you...!" shout in falsetto. The choreography for the line, with each member cupping their hands around their mouths as they shout the line out, became a Temptations standard.

"I'm Losing You" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart, and reached No. 8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.[2] The single was included as the anchoring track for the summer 1967 album The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul.

The Temptations performed the song live on the CBS variety program The Ed Sullivan Show on May 28, 1967,[3] and in a duet with Diana Ross & the Supremes later that year, on November 19, 1967.[4]

Cover versions

  • Among the most notable covers of "I'm Losing You" was a 1970 version by Motown rock band Rare Earth for their Ecology album. Rare Earth's 10-minute cover was edited for single release and peaked at No. 7, one position higher than the Temptations' original on the U.S. pop charts.[citation needed]
  • During the 1980s, on the Dallas, Texas-based Oak Lawn Records label, the song was covered by the group Uptown and transformed into an upbeat dance tune. This version achieved popularity at Dallas' famed Starck nightclub due to early play by DJ Rick Squillante and became a standard in many U.S. nightclubs, reaching the No. 80 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.[citation needed]
  • Rod Stewart and The Faces also recorded a cover version in 1971. It reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year.

References

  1. ↑ Show 50 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 6] : UNT Digital Library
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ The Ed Sullivan Show: November 19, 1967: Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, Flip Wilson Episode Summary on TV.com
Preceded by Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single (The Temptations version)
December 24, 1966 – December 31, 1966 (two weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Tell It Like It Is" by Aaron Neville
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