It’s the Same Old Song

~ Recording by Four Tops

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.1It’s the Same Old Song2:46Four TopsTamla Motown GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-11-18
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)016301-2

Relationships

recording engineer:Lawrence T. Horn
producer:Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
mixer:Robert L. Gordy (music publishing executive)
baritone saxophone:Mike Terry (60s US soul arranger/conductor)
bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:James Jamerson
drums (drum set):Benny Benjamin (US drummer)
guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:Eddie Willis
guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:Joe Messina
guitar [Gibson L-5]:Robert White (US funk/soul guitarist)
piano:Earl Van Dyke
strings:Detroit Symphony Orchestra
tambourine:Jack Ashford (American Label owner, producer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger)
vibraphone:Jack Brokensha
background vocals:Marlene Barrow
Renaldo Benson
Louvain Demps
Abdul “Duke” Fakir
Jackie Hicks
Lawrence Payton
lead vocals:Levi Stubbs
recorded at and mixed at:Hitsville (Motown Records) in Detroit
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/20214 [info]
recording of:It’s the Same Old Song (on 1965-07-07)

It’s the Same Old Song

lyricist:Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:EMI Songs Australia
referred to in medleys:Uptown Festival (medley) (order: 5)
later translated versions:C’est la même chanson
later versions:Moi, je danse