It's the Same Old Song

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single song

"It's the Same Old Song" is a 1965 Motown hit single by the Four Tops, known for its upbeat soul sound and enduring popularity as one of the group's signature songs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
It's the Same Old Song canonical	3
It’s the Same Old Song	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
artist	The Four Tops ⓘ surface form: Four Tops
backingBand	The Funk Brothers ⓘ
backingVocalsBy	Abdul "Duke" Fakir ⓘ Lawrence Payton ⓘ Renaldo "Obie" Benson ⓘ
bSide	Love Is Here and Now You're Gone ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	34 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	5 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
follows	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
format	7-inch single ⓘ
genre	Motown ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasEnduringPopularity	true ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	upbeat soul ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	features call-and-response vocals ⓘ features prominent tambourine and handclaps ⓘ I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ surface form: similar chord structure to I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
hasRefrain	"It's the same old song, but with a different meaning since you've been gone" ⓘ
hasTheme	heartbreak ⓘ lost love ⓘ
hasVocalGroup	Levi Stubbs ⓘ surface form: Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton
isConsidered	one of Four Tops' signature songs ⓘ
isFollowedBy	Something About You ⓘ
isPartOf	Motown catalog ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf	The Four Tops ⓘ surface form: Four Tops
labelCatalogNumber	Motown 1081 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadVocalist	Levi Stubbs ⓘ
length	2:49 ⓘ
performer	The Four Tops ⓘ surface form: Four Tops
producer	Brian Holland ⓘ Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ Lamont Dozier ⓘ
recordedAt	Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A
recordedIn	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan
recordedYear	1965 ⓘ
recordLabel	Motown ⓘ
releaseDate	1965-07-09 ⓘ
releaseYear	1965 ⓘ
songwriter	Brian Holland ⓘ Eddie Holland ⓘ Lamont Dozier ⓘ
tempo	upbeat ⓘ
writer	Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

The Four Tops → notableWork → It's the Same Old Song ⓘ

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) → followedBy → It's the Same Old Song ⓘ

Four Tops Second Album → hasPart → It's the Same Old Song ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s the Same Old Song

Four Tops Second Album → notableTrack → It's the Same Old Song ⓘ

this entity surface form: It’s the Same Old Song

Levi Stubbs → notableSongPerformance → It's the Same Old Song ⓘ