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"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American soul group the Temptations, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Released on the Gordy label, and produced by Norman Whitfield, it features on the group's 1971 album, Sky's the Limit.
"I Can't Get Next to You" was the second single from the 1969 Temptations LP Puzzle People, with "Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)", a ballad led by Paul Williams, as the b-side. The single was a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Top R&B Singles chart.
The Temptations is an American vocal group formed in Detroit, ... direct lyrics supported by an R&B rhythm section with orchestral strings and horns added for pop appeal.
Randy Shilts quoted the lyrics from "Ball of Confusion" when he named his award-winning journalistic account of the AIDS epidemic, And the Band Played On. In the song, the repeated usage of the phrase "and the band played on" signaled that no one was paying proper attention to world problems, in the same manner the AIDS epidemic was initially ...
The song is the last with lyrics by Rodger Penzabene, and was the final Temptations single to feature David Ruffin as lead singer. Both "I Could Never Love Another" and the previous Temptations release, "I Wish It Would Rain", drew from Penzabene's real-life heart break over learning that his wife had been unfaithful. Unable to handle the ...
"Don't Look Back" was more often performed at Temptations live shows than "My Baby". [citation needed] On the 1967 Temptations Live! album, the women in the audience can be heard demanding that the group perform the song, which they proceeded to do. Paul Williams, who developed many of The Temptations' dance steps, developed a routine for the ...
The Temptations with a Lot O' Soul track listing "(I Know) I'm Losing You" "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" "All I Need" "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need" "No More Water in the Well" "Save My Love For a Rainy Day" "Just One Last Look" "Sorry Is a Sorry Word" "You're My Everything" "Now That You've Won Me" "Two Sides to Love"
By this point, both the Temptations and Whitfield were confident they had a major hit on their hands. However, both "Ain't Too Proud" and "Get Ready", a Temptations track produced by Smokey Robinson with Eddie Kendricks on lead, turned up at the same Quality Control meeting. Since Robinson was the Temptations' main producer, his song was ...