You've Got to Earn It

"You've Got to Earn It"
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptin' Temptations
A-side"Since I Lost My Baby"
ReleasedJune 1, 1965
RecordedHitsville USA (Studio A);
June 12 and August 18, 1964
GenreSoul
Length2:42
LabelGordy
G 7043
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson
Cornelius Grant
Producer(s)Smokey Robinson
The Temptations singles chronology
"It's Growing"
(1965) 		"Since I Lost My Baby" / "You've Got to Earn It"
(1965) 		"My Baby" / "Don't Look Back"
(1965)

"You've Got to Earn It" is a 1964 song recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. It was released as the B-side to their 1965 Top 40 hit "Since I Lost My Baby", and was also able to chart on its own, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Pop Charts. On Billboard's R&B singles chart, "You've Got to Earn It" peaked at number 22.[1] It was written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, who also was the song’s producer, and the group’s main guitarist, Cornelius Grant. Grant did not play guitar on the song as he was out on tour during the recording session.[2]

Cash Box described it as a "rhythmic, hand-clappin’ happy-go-lucky romancer."[3]

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1965) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 123
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles 22

Notes

  1. ^ Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.
  2. ^ All Music - Cornelius Grant Biography
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 17, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.


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