It’s the Same Old Song

Name: It’s the Same Old Song
Duration: 2 min 48 s

~ Recording by Four Tops

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.1	It’s the Same Old Song	2:46	Four Tops	Tamla Motown Gold	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2001-11-18	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	016301-2

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)

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