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In an interview with Performing Songwriter magazine, Lamont Dozier explained how this song came together: "I took the bass figure in 'I Can't Help Myself' and turned it around. The chords were different, but basically we kept the same feeling. It worked."
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Mar 10, 2020 · Four Tops tenor Duke Fakir recalled: (Songwriter), Lamont Dozier and I were both a little tipsy and he was changing the channels on the radio. He said, 'It sounds like the same old song.'. And then he said, "Wait a minute." So he took " I Can't Help Myself" and reversed it using the same chord changes.
"It's the Same Old Song" is very similar in melody and chord progressions to "I Can't Help Myself", which in turn is even more similar in melody and chord progressions to "Where Did Our Love Go" by the Supremes, who covered "It's the Same Old Song" in 1967.
Apr 13, 2013 · It’s actually a bit *closer*, in a way. The chorus shares the Supremes’ song’s I-V-ii-V-IV chord progression, whereas “I Can’t Help Myself” goes I-V-ii-IV-V. The difference is that the chords go by twice as fast in “It’s the Same Old Song.” Like Like. Reply
Jul 9, 2024 · On July 9, 1965, Motown released “It’s The Same Old Song” as the Four Tops’ follow-up to the pop and R&B No.1 “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).” But little did eager ...
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Jun 30, 2015 · Despite boasting a nearly identical arrangement and a begging-for-it title, “ It’s the Same Old Song ” somehow managed to improve on “I Can’t Help Myself” and chart nearly as well (#2 R&B, #5 pop).
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