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I'll Try Something New (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = I'll Try Something New
| cover = I'll Try Something Miracles.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Miracles
| album = I'll Try Something New
| B-side = You Never Miss a Good Thing
| released = April 9, 1962
| recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A);
19611962
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Soul, pop
| length = 3:00
| label = Tamla
T 54059
| writer = Smokey Robinson
| producer = Smokey Robinson
Berry Gordy
| prev_title = What's So Good About Goodbye
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = You've Really Got a Hold on Me
| next_year = 1962
| misc =
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I'll Try Something New
| cover = Temps and Supremes I'll Try.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations
| album = Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations
| B-side = The Way You Do the Things You Do
| released = February 20, 1969
| recorded = Hitsville USA (Studios A & B); 1968
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Soul, pop
| length = 2:25
| label = Motown
M 1142
| writer = Smokey Robinson
| producer = Frank Wilson
Nickolas Ashford
Smokey Robinson
Deke Richards
| chronology = Diana Ross & the Supremes
| prev_title = I'm Livin' in Shame
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = The Composer
| next_year = 1969
| misc =
}}
"'I'll Try Something New'" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and originally released in 1962 by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label. Their version was a Billboard Top 40 hit, peaking at #39, and just missed the Top 10 of its R&B chart, peaking at #11.
The song was released later as a joint single by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, also becoming a charting version on the 'Billboard' 100 pop singles chart, peaking for two weeks in April 1969 at number 25.
Background
Song information
In the song, the narrator (Smokey Robinson) describes how if he feels that if his first attempt at trying to show his lover affection was not good enough, then he'd try something new to keep their love alive:The Miracles issued the original version of the song in 1962, and with wife and fellow Miracles member Claudette's voice clearly audible in the chorus ('hey Venus...'). Smokey and Motown founder Berry Gordy produced the song with an Oriental feel to it, with unusually lush-for-the-period orchestration and sweeping strings, showcasing The Miracles' harmonies and Robinson's production style.
The Miracles' original version peaked number 39 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 pop charts and number 11 on the R&B singles chart. It became the title track from their 1962 album, 'I'll Try Something New'.
Personnel
Miracles version
*Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson*Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Bobby Rogers
*Guitarist Marv Tarplin
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Supremes and Temptations version
*Lead vocals by Diana Ross, Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin*Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and various Los Angeles area musicians
Chart history
Miracles version
The Supremes and The Temptations version
Track listing
*'7" single (20 February 1969)' (North America) (Diana Ross & the Supremes/The Temptations)
#"I'll Try Something New" 2:18
#"The Way You Do the Things You Do" 1:39
Cover versions
In 1966, R&B artist Spyder Turner covered the song as an excerpt of his hit cover of the Ben E King song "Stand by Me". Several years later, in 1969, the group's Motown label-mates The Supremes and The Temptations released a duet version that became a hit reaching number 25 on the Hot 100 and number 8 on the R&B chart. Disco/pop group A Taste of Honey also covered the song 20 years later, in 1982.
References
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