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"(I Know) I'm Losing You" is a 1966 hit single recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label,[2] written by Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Norman Whitfield.

"(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"
ReleasedNovember 2, 1966
RecordedHitsville USA (Studio A); September 12 & September 16, 1966
GenreSoul
Length2:30
LabelGordy
G 7057
Songwriter(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)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Single by Rare Earth
from the album Ecology
ReleasedJuly 1970
RecordedHitsville USA (Studio A); 1970
GenreFunk rock[1]
Length3:36 (single edit)
10:56 (album version)
LabelRare Earth
R 5021
Songwriter(s)Norman Whitfield
Edward Holland, Jr.
Cornelius Grant
Producer(s)Norman Whitfield
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 Rod Stewart With Faces
from the album Every Picture Tells a Story
B-side"Mandolin Wind"
Released1971
RecordedJan 1971
GenreHard rock, blues rock, soul
Length5:23
LabelMercury Records
Songwriter(s)Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr., Cornelius Grant
Producer(s)Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart With Faces singles chronology
"Reason to Believe" / "Maggie May"
(1971)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
(1971)
"Dirty Old Town"
(1971)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Single by Uptown
Released1983
GenreElectronic dance music
Length4:05
LabelOak Lawn Records
OLR-121
Songwriter(s)Norman Whitfield
Edward Holland, Jr.
Cornelius Grant
Producer(s)Jack Malken, Scott Yahney, (Associate producer: David Hilzendager), (Associate producer: Ray Cooper)

The group 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]


Background


Billboard described the song as a "blues swinger with a solid dance beat and powerful vocal workout."[5] Cash Box said that "the ork is throbbing, the chorus is smooth and the group tells its sad tale in exquisite fashion."[6]


Personnel



Chart performance


"(I Know) 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.[7] In Canada the song reached No. 21.[8] While in the UK it reached No. 19 [9]


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