| Some Things You Never Get Used To | |
| 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 |
| Genre: | Pop, psychedelic pop, soul |
| Length: | 2:23 |
| Label: | Motown M 1126 |
| Producer: | Ashford & Simpson |
| Prev Title: | Forever Came Today |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Love Child |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
"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.[1] [2] [3] 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 Holland–Dozier–Holland, which 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."[4]
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:
Side two:
| Chart (1968) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 98 | |
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| UK R&B (Record Mirror)[6] | 9 | |
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| US Cashbox Top 100[7] | 22 | |
| US Cashbox R&B[8] | 26 | |
| US Record World 100 Top Pops[9] | 21 | |
| US Record World Top 50 R&B[10] | 17 |
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.[11]
It should not be confused with a 1965 song (with the same title), written by Van McCoy and recorded by Cilla Black,[12] Irma Thomas,[13] local Detroit singer Juanita Williams,[14] and Detroit band The San Remo Strings.[15] [16]