(I Know) I'm Losing You

(I Know) I'm Losing You was a single of the American soul group The Temptations . The song was released on November 2 in 1966 and reached the top of the R & B list, the top 10 on the US pop chart and the top 20 on the pop chart in the United Kingdom . Although the song was released as early as late 1966, until it appeared in the summer of 1967 on an album, namely With a Lot o 'Soul.

The subject of the song is that the narrator of his beloved increasingly see him disappear and has found a new love. He tells all to be able to see her that this is so, and that he can not stand it that she gets further and further away from him. The musical part of the song is, in contrast to the text, unlike the previous issues of The Temptations. There are hard to hear sharp blazers and rock-like guitar riff like. The instrumentation of the song is similar to that songs of James Brown .

The Temptations years used (I Know) I'm Losing You as a fitting end to live performances.

The song has been covered several times. One of these cover versions of Rare Earth, on the pop chart did better than the original with a # 7 ranking. On the R & B list remained poorly hooks on a # 20 position. This is partly because the version of Rare Earth more rock than R & B . The real version of the Rare Earth-cover lasts a whopping 10:56 minutes, but the single version has been shortened to 3:36 minutes.

In addition to the rare earth-cover, there are covers of other Rod Stewart , The Jackson 5 and The Uptown Girls .

Cast The Temptations [ edit ]

 * Lead: David Ruffin
 * Background: Paul Williams, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin and Eddie Kendricks
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers and Cornelius Grant on guitar
 * Writers: Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland
 * Production: Norman Whitfield

Occupation Rare Earth [ edit ]

 * Lead: Pete Rivera
 * Background: Gil Bridges and Rod Richards
 * Instrumentation: Gil Bridges on saxophone, Pete Rivera on drums , Rod Richards on guitar , John Parrish on bass and Kenny James on keyboards
 * Production: Rare Earth