"Some Things You Never Get Used To" is a song released in 1968 by Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. The single stalled for three weeks at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in July 1968. It became the lowest-charting Supremes single since 1963 and became the catalyst for Berry Gordy to revamp songwriting for The Supremes since the loss of Motown's premier production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, which Gordy had assigned as the group's sole producers after the success of "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes."
Cash Box praised the "charming performance from Diana Ross, and here-and-there sound effect splashes."
Personnel Lead vocals by Diana Ross Background vocals by Ashford & Simpson Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Track listing 7" single (21 May 1968) (North America/United Kingdom) "Some Things You Never Get Used To" – 2:23 "You've Been So Wonderful to Me" – 2:28
Charts Chart (1968)Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report) 98scope="row" scope="row" UK R&B (Record Mirror) 9scope="row" scope="row" US Cashbox Top 10022US Cashbox R&B26 US Record World 100 Top Pops21 US Record World Top 50 R&B17
Covers The song has never had a high-profile remake. Motown singer Frances Nero recorded a version of the song several decades after she left the company, for Ian Levine and his Motorcity Records project.
It should not be confused with a 1965 song (with the same title), written by Van McCoy and recorded by Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, local Detroit singer Juanita Williams, and Detroit band The San Remo Strings.
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