I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

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single song

"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" is a classic 1965 Motown soul hit by the Four Tops, renowned for its catchy chorus and enduring popularity as one of the label’s signature songs.

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Label Occurrences
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) canonical 6
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) 2
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops
bSide Sad Souvenirs ⓘ
chartPosition U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: US Billboard Hot 100 number 1

US Billboard R&B Singles number 1 ⓘ
composer Brian Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1960s ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
featuresBackingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
followedBy It's the Same Old Song ⓘ
follows Ask the Lonely ⓘ
genre Motown ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasChorus Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you ⓘ
hasMusicalCharacteristic call-and-response vocals ⓘ
handclaps ⓘ
prominent bass line ⓘ
up-tempo groove ⓘ
hasNotableLyricPhrase I can't help myself ⓘ
I love you and nobody else ⓘ
hasTheme emotional dependence ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ
includedIn Four Tops Second Album ⓘ
isClassicOf 1960s soul music ⓘ
Soul music ⓘ
surface form: Motown sound
isSignatureSongOf The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops

Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
labelCatalogNumber Motown 1076 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:43 ⓘ
lyricist Eddie Holland ⓘ
performer The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops
producer Brian Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
recorded 1965 ⓘ
recordedAt Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1965-04-23 ⓘ
releaseFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
vocalStyle lead vocals by Levi Stubbs ⓘ
writer Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Tops → notableWork → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
The Four Tops → signatureSong → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
It's the Same Old Song → follows → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
It's the Same Old Song → hasNotableFeature → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
this entity surface form: similar chord structure to I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Abdul "Duke" Fakir → notableSongPerformance → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Holland–Dozier–Holland → notableWork → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
Four Tops Second Album → hasPart → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Four Tops Second Album → notableTrack → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Levi Stubbs → notableWork → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
Levi Stubbs → notableSongPerformance → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
Lawrence Payton → notableWork → I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)