I'm in a Different World explained

I'm in a Different World
Cover:	I'm in a Different World label.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	The Four Tops
Album:	Yesterday's Dreams
B-Side:	Remember When
Genre:	Rhythm and blues
Label:	Motown
Producer:	R. Dean Taylor Brian Holland Lamont Dozier
Prev Title:	Yesterday's Dreams
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	What Is a Man
Next Year:	1969

"I'm In a Different World" is a song written and produced by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland Jr. Billboard described the single as a "smooth swinger that moves and grooves throughout" which "shouldfast prove a sales topper."^[1]

Background

"I'm in a Different World" is the final single that Holland–Dozier–Holland produced for the Four Tops before they left the label due to royalty disputes with Motown. The label issued the song in 1968 as the follow-up single to "Yesterday's Dreams".

Credits

• Lead vocal by Levi Stubbs
• Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo "Obie" Benson
• Additional background vocals by The Andantes
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Chart history

"I'm in a Different World" peaked at number 51 on the US pop chart and number 27 on the UK chart.

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.K. Singles Chart^[2]	27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	51
U.S. Billboard Best Selling R&B Singles^[4]	33

Notes and References

1. News: Billboard. 2021-02-22. September 28, 1968. 84. Spotlight Singles.
2. Web site: FOUR TOPS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. .
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 315.

4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 212.