Put Yourself in My Place
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"Put Yourself in My Place" is a song written by the famous Motown team of Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded by at least four Motown recording acts during the sixties: The Elgins in 1965, The Supremes, Chris Clark and The Isley Brothers in 1966. A reggae version was performed by Jamaican cover artist Ken Lazarus.
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Song information
This song has the narrator telling their lover to put himself or herself in his or her place after telling the lover of how hurt he/she is over the lover's feelings toward the narrator.
Charts
While the Elgins and Supremes' versions were issued as b-sides in 1966, the Isleys' version gave the brothers a hit with it in 1969 when Tamla-Motown re-issued the single for the UK music listeners sending the song to No. 13 on the UK singles chart.
Credits
The Supremes version
- Lead vocals by Diana Ross
- Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
The Isley Brothers version
- Lead vocals by Ronald Isley
- Background vocals by O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
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