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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 fiery lead vocals. William Smokey Robinson (born February 19, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. ... Aint 2 Proud 2 Beg is also the name of a 1991 TLC single. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... Horn may refer to: horn (anatomy), a hollow, pointed projection of the skin of various animals Horn, Austria horn (diacritic), a diacritic mark used to indicate that a normally rounded vowel such as o or u is to be pronounced unrounded horn (instrument) horn, a slang term for any wind... Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ... David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin) (January 18, 1941 - June 1, 1991) was an African-American soul singer, most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968. ...

As The Funk Brothers keep time with the song's driving 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 "looooosing yoooooou...!"; the choreography for the line, with each member cupping their hands around their mouths as they shout the line out, became a Temptations standard. The Funk Brothers were the house band at Detroits Motown Records from 1959 to 1972, when the company moved to Los Angeles. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ...

"(I Know) I'm Losing You", released in November 1966, was the first single from The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul, the group's fifth studio LP, released in July 1967. The single became a #1 hit on the Billboard Black Singles chart, and reached #8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1967 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... An example of a Billboard Magazine. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ...

The song was covered by Rod Stewart on his 1971 album Every Picture Tells A Story. Rod Stewart Roderick David Stewart (born January 10, 1945 in Highgate, London) is an English singer and songwriter of Scottish descent, most known for his uniquely raspy, gravelly voice and personable singing style, as exemplified in his signature song Maggie May. In a career now entering its fifth decade, Stewart... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Every Picture Tells A Story is an album by Rod Stewart, first released in 1971. ...

Credits

• Lead Vocals by David Ruffin
• Background Vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams

• Written by Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland, Jr., and Cornelius Grant
• Produced by Norman Whitfield
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.