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{{Infobox song

| name = Some Things You Never Get Used To

| cover = The Supremes - Somethings You Never Get Used To.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Diana Ross & the Supremes

| album = Love Child

| B-side = You've Been So Wonderful to Me

| released = May 21, 1968

| recorded = Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); 1968

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop, psychedelic pop, soul

| length = 2:23

| label = Motown
M 1126

| writer = Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson

| producer = Ashford & Simpson

| prev_title = Forever Came Today

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = Love Child

| next_year = 1968

| misc =

}}

'"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 HollandDozierHolland, whom 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."

Shelved LP





Motown originally created an album to capitalize on the success of the single, but when the single failed to hit the top of the charts the album was scrapped, and the single was included rather on Diana Ross and the Supremes' "Love Child" LP. The shelved LP track list was intended as follows:

Side One:

# Some Things You Never Get Used To

# Heaven Must Have Sent You

# He's My Sunny Boy

# Come On And See Me

# Can I Get A Witness

# You've Been So Wonderful To Me



Side two:

# My Guy

# It's Not Unusual

# Just A Little Misunderstanding

# Uptight (Everything's Alright)

# What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

# Blowin' In The Wind

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



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.

References



Category:1968 singles

Category:1968 songs

Category:The Supremes songs

Category:Songs written by Nickolas Ashford

Category:Songs written by Valerie Simpson

Category:Song recordings produced by Ashford & Simpson

Category:Motown singles

Category:Psychedelic soul songs


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