Ain't Too Proud to Beg

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single song

"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 Motown soul hit by The Temptations, renowned for its driving rhythm, impassioned vocals, and enduring popularity as one of the group's signature songs.

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Ain't Too Proud to Beg canonical 6
Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg 1
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Temptations ⓘ
backgroundVocalist Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
Melvin Franklin ⓘ
Otis Williams ⓘ
Paul Williams ⓘ
backingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 13 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followsSingle Get Ready ⓘ
genre Motown ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside You'll Lose a Precious Love ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequently used in film and television soundtracks ⓘ
staple of classic soul radio playlists ⓘ
hasFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
hasLength 2:32 ⓘ
hasMusicalKey C major ⓘ
hasNotableCompilationAppearance Anthology (The Temptations album) ⓘ
The Temptations Greatest Hits ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Phil Collins ⓘ
Rick Astley ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
hasRhythmStyle driving rhythm ⓘ
hasTheme pleading for love ⓘ
hasVocalStyle impassioned vocals ⓘ
includedInAlbum Gettin' Ready ⓘ
isAssociatedWithLabel Motown ⓘ
isRecognizedAs Motown classic ⓘ
The Temptations signature song ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf The Temptations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist David Ruffin ⓘ
partOf The Temptations discography ⓘ
performer The Temptations ⓘ
precedesSingle Beauty Is Only Skin Deep ⓘ
producer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
recordedAt Motown Studio A ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio
recordedIn 1966 ⓘ
recordLabel Gordy ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-05-03 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
songwriter Edward Holland Jr. ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ
tempo uptempo ⓘ

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The Temptations → notableWork → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
The Big Chill → soundtrackIncludes → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
TLC → notableWork → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
Norman Whitfield → notableWork → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
Paul Williams → notableWork → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
Paul Williams → performerOf → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
David Ruffin → notableWork → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
Melvin Franklin → notableWork → Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ