I Can’t Get Next to You (stereo)
~ Recording by The Temptations
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Puzzle People (stereo) | The Temptations | Album |
| Gordy | GS949, S-949 |
| 1.1 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Puzzle People (stereo) | The Temptations | Album |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | STML 11133 |
| 1.5 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Gordy | |
| 2.10 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Anthology | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | M782A3 |
| 1.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | All the Million Sellers | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 230⋅15⋅075 |
| 1.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | All the Million Sellers | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | STMS 5053 |
| 1.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | All the Million Sellers | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 535043 |
| 1.15 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | The Motown Sound: Big Hits ‐ The Early 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WK 72386 |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | 17 Greatest Hits (BMG club edition) | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Gordy | D 153410, GCD06125GD |
| 1.11 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Compact Command Performances: 17 Greatest Hits | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Gordy | GCD06125D |
| 1.7 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | The Good-Feeling Music of the Big Chill Generation, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD06161MD |
| 2.5 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Anthology | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746307822 |
| 2.5 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Anthology | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MOTD2-782 |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Cloud Nine / Puzzle People | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Gordy | GCD08016GD |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown’s Biggest Pop Hits: All #1 on Billboard’s Charts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WD72450 |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown’s Biggest Pop Hits: All #1 on Billboard’s Charts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09060MD |
| 1.18 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | T’N’T: Temptations ’n’ Four Tops | The Temptations / Four Tops | Album + Compilation | Silver Eagle Records | SED-10523 | |
| 1.18 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | T’N’T: Temptations ’N’ Four Tops | The Temptations / Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, PolyTel | 832 498-2 |
| 1.15 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | 16 # 1 Hits From the Late 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.6 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | All the Million-Sellers | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746352122 |
| 1.4 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Great Songs and Performances That Inspired the Motown 25th Anniversary Television Special | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09033MD |
| 1.18 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:50 | The Temptations | Motown Dance Party, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09072MD |
| 1.18 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:50 | The Temptations | Motown Dance Party, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | SPCD 1046 |
| 1.9 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Classic Rock: 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2CLR-06, OPCD-2560 |
| 2.15 | Can’t Get Next to You | 2:50 | The Temptations | Motown Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 2XDE |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown Hits of Gold, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WD72404 |
| 1.6 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | All The Million-Sellers | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WL72096 |
| 1.15 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | 16 #1 Hits From the Late 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.15 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | 16 #1 Hits From the Late 60’s (BMG Direct barcode on back) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09018MD |
| 4.15 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | 25 Years of Great Original Hits: The Motown Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD 231-236 |
| 1.18 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Rhythm & Blues: 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2661, RHD-13 |
| 3.24 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959–1971 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 374636312, 3746363122 |
| 1.9 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Mystic Music Presents Groovin’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.) | S22-56728 |
| 4.10 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Blues & Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Fat Boys Records | FAT CD 409 |
| 3.7 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Emperors of Soul | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 31453-0338-2 |
| 1.10 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:57 | The Temptations | Class Reunion ’69: Greatest Hits of 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint) | 314 520 269-2 |
| 2.5 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Anthology: The Best of The Temptations (remastered) | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 524-2 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Motown Year by Year: The Sound of Young America, 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 314530525-2 |
| 2.5 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Anthology: The Best of The Temptations | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 31453-0524-2 |
| 2.5 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Anthology: The Best of The Temptations | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 524-2 |
| 1.18 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Solid Gold Soul 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2661A, R838-04 |
| 1.10 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:57 | The Temptations | The Best of American Music: The Limited Presents Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | CPLTD3 |
| 1.14 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Motown’s Greatest Hits | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 015-2 |
| 1.14 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | The Ultimate Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 31453-0562-2 |
| 1.5 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Motown Chartbusters, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 554 147-2 |
| 6.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | The Complete Motown Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MEI Digital | |
| 1.14 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | The Ultimate Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MOTD 562 |
| 1.14 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | The Ultimate Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MOTD-0562 |
| 1.14 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | The Ultimate Collection (club edition) | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 31453-0562-2, D118077 |
| 1.2 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:59 | The Temptations | The Best Of (re-recorded) | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Wise Buy | WB 885922 |
| 1.7 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Turn Back the Hands of Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Delta (sub-label owned by Delta Entertainment Corporation) | 46 020 |
| 1.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | #1 Hits: 1965–1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| GNP Crescendo Records | 2257 |
| 1.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | #1 Hits 1965 - 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Pottery Barn: Radio Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.17 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | The Real Thing | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 922-2 |
| 1.7 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Greatest Hits | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Brilliant (budget releases) | BT 33005 |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Temptations, Volume 1: The ’60s (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection) | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 012 153 362-2 |
| 2.8 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown: The Classic Years (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 012 159 466-2, D236325 |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Cloud Nine & Puzzle People | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 159 446-2 |
| 1.2 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Psychedelic Soul | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 2.2 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:57 | The Temptations | The Classic Rhythm + Blues Collection: 1967-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music | 314541759-2, R604-04 |
| 1.8 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | At Their Very Best | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 013578-2 |
| 1.20 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | The Classic Rhythm + Blues Collection: 1966-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | M18730 3145605502 |
| 1.3 | I Can't get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | A Year in Your Life: 1969, Volume One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 12849 | |
| 1.2 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:59 | The Temptations | All Time Greatest Hits | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (Compilations – Attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | |
| 1.8 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | At Their Very Best | The Temptations & Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 583 015-2, 583 016-2 |
| 1.19 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Gold | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B000309902 |
| 2.3 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown Dance Party!, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Special Products | USP 84445 |
| 1.19 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:51 | The Temptations | My Girl: The Very Best of The Temptations (club edition) | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 440 017 298-2, D 243174 |
| 1.19 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:51 | The Temptations | My Girl: The Very Best of The Temptations | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 440 017 298-2 |
| 1.4 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Psychedelic Soul | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.4 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:55 | The Temptations | Psychedelic Soul | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | B0000582-02 |
| 1.11 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Body & Soul: Love & Rhythm | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL BAS/07 |
| 1.10 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Disco Legends: Disco Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Musicbank | APWCD1964 |
| 1.1 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:58 | The Temptations | Greatest Hits | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.8 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown Classics: Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | B0003120-02 |
| 1.3 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Süddeutsche Zeitung | Diskothek: 1969: Ein Jahr und seine 20 Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung | ISBN-10: 3-86615-059-8 |
| 1.19 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Gold | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 0602498632000 |
| 2.8 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown Classics: Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 0602498632260 |
| 1.19 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Gold | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0003099-02 |
| 1.4 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Motown Chart Hits, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 1.20 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:51 | The Temptations | Planet 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9838789 |
| 1.9 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | The Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Music Mania | 7896 |
| 1.20 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | Soul Legends 5 | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 3.3 | I Can’t Get Next to You | ?:?? | The Temptations | Motown Classics, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.12 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Number 1’s | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | B000867002 |
| 1.15 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Hope Floats: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Capitol Records Nashville | 09463-88851-2-2 |
| 1.15 | I Can't Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Hope Floats | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29) | TOCP-70239 |
| 1.8 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Motown 1’s, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 3.6 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 9: 1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Select, Motown | B0010270-02 |
| 1.12 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | ’60s Soul Number 1’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B000NJWSM6 |
| 3.20 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Love: In the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Horizon Records (UK compilations) | HZTV322 |
| 1.8 | I Can't Get Next To You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Motown Vol.2 Number 1's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 2.9 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:53 | The Temptations | Playlist Plus | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.10 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | The Complete Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.12 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:51 | The Temptations | The Definitive Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.12 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | The Definitive Collection | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Motown | 00602517795785, B0011662-02 |
| 3.4 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:52 | The Temptations | Motown: The Complete No. 1’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | B0012208-02 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 2.7 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:56 | The Temptations | Classic Songs of the Motown Era, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) | |
| 1.7 | I Can’t Get Next to You | 2:54 | The Temptations | The Hits | The Temptations | Album + Compilation |
| The People (also “The Sunday People”, UK) | PEOPSCCD02 |
Relationships
| producer: | Norman Whitfield |
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| instruments: | The Funk Brothers (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) |
| lead vocals: | Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer) (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) Eddie Kendricks (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) Paul Williams (member of The Temptations) (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) |
| vocals: | Melvin Franklin (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) Otis Williams (US baritone singer, member of The Temptations & The Distants) (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1969) |
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| recorded at: | Hitsville (Motown Records) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) |
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| mash-ups: | Robin's Fanfare (Robin Hood vs. The Temptations vs. The Chi-Lites) by Go Home Productions |
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| recording of: | I Can’t Get Next to You (from 1969-06-23 until 1969-07-03) |
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Related works
I Can’t Get Next to You
| writer: | Barrett Strong Norman Whitfield |
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| publisher: | Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd. Stone Agate Music |
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