(I Know) I'm Losing You

For other uses, see I'm Losing You (disambiguation).

"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Dutch release picture sleeve
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
Recorded	September 12 & 16, 1966
Studio	Hitsville USA, Detroit
Genre	Soul
Length	2:30
Label	Gordy
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
B-side	"When Joanie Smiles"
Released	July 1970
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1970
Genre	Funk rock [1]
Length	3:36 (single edit) 10:56 (album version)
Label	Rare 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"
Released	1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Hard rock blues rock soul
Length	5:23
Label	Mercury 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
Released	1983
Genre	Electronic dance music
Length	4:05
Label	Oak 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)

"(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.

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

• Lead vocals by David Ruffin
• Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams
• Guitar by Cornelius Grant
• Other instrumentation by the Funk Brothers
• Arrangements by Wade Marcus and Paul Riser

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]

Later versions

• "(I Know) I'm Losing You" was a 1970 version by Motown rock band Rare Earth for their Ecology album. Rare Earth's 10-minute recording was edited for single release and peaked at No. 7, one position higher than the Temptations' original on the U.S. pop charts. ^[10] It also reached #15 in Canada. ^[11]
• Rod Stewart recorded a version in 1971 that was featured on his breakthrough album Every Picture Tells A Story . The single reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, credited as Rod Stewart With Faces, ^[12] #12 in the Netherlands and #13 in Canada. ^[13] Stewart had previously performed the song with the Jeff Beck Group; live performances were recorded for BBC radio broadcast on the Saturday Club March 7, 1967. ^[14]
• The Undisputed Truth, a group assembled and produced solely by Norman Whitfield, recorded a cover version of the song in a psychedelic funk style for their 1975 album Cosmic Truth.
• During the 1980s, on the Dallas, Texas-based Oak Lawn Records label, the song was recorded 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. ^[15]
• Kanye West used the vocal samples from both Rare Earth and The Undisputed Truth covers in his song "Fade", which features vocals by Post Malone and Ty Dolla Sign from his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo .

References

1. "allmusic ((( Ecology > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
2. Show 50 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. (Part 6) : UNT Digital Library
3. "The Ed Sullivan Show Episode 918: May 28, 1967: The Temptations, Robert Goulet, Jane Morgan, Pickle Brothers". Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
4. The Ed Sullivan Show: November 19, 1967: Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, Flip Wilson Episode Summary on TV.com
5. "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. November 12, 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
6. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 12, 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 571.
8. "RPM Top 100 Singles - December 26, 1966" (PDF).
9. British Hit Singles. Guinness.
10. "Billboard Hot 100 Chart — The week of October 3, 1970". Billboard . Retrieved 2017-09-16. "Billboard Hot 100 Chart — The week of December 31, 1966". Billboard . Retrieved 2017-09-16.
11. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 17, 1970" (PDF).
12. "Billboard Hot 100 Chart — The week of December 25, 1971". Billboard . Retrieved 2017-09-16.
13. "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 8, 1972" (PDF).
14. "I'm Losing You (Live on the Saturday Club March 7, 1967)". YouTube . 15 April 2019.
15. "Billboard Hot 100 Chart — The week of February 28, 1987". Billboard . Retrieved 2017-09-16.