I was watching Dancing With the Stars and its Motown Week this week. They had The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and Martha Reeves singing live on the show. Each dancers had either one of those three singing as they danced. They were all great except Martha Reeves. She was way off key. They 4 white guys group called Human Nature singing different Motown songs either going into commercial and singing coming back from commercial. They were great. I would definitely see them in concert.
Anyway. The Temptations sung a song that another group sang just around that time and they still sing this in concert. The Temptations sang I Can't Get Next to You. . The first group that came into my mind was The Osmonds. The song was part of Motown Special, Making Music Medley and of course Havin' A Party/I Can't Get Next to You Medley in concert. The first time they recorded "I Can't Get Next to You" was part of a medley called Motown Special. They didn't record the whole song until 1974 on their Love Me For A Reason album. The Temptations' version came out in 1969 and went to number 1. I still love both versions.
The Osmonds Version
The Temptations Version
The two groups in action dancing to I Can't Get Next to You.
The song comes in at 2:29.
The song comes in at 3:38.
Maybe I'm bias, but I love The Osmonds version. Even though half the song is played in concert today.
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