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Please Return Your Love to Me

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B-side
  
"How Can I Forget"

Format
  
7" single

Genre
  
Soul

Released
  
July 16, 1968

Recorded
  
Hitsville USA; 1968

Length
  
2:21

"Please Return Your Love to Me" is a 1968 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Produced by Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote the song with Barrett Strong and Barbara Neely, it is the last single to feature David Ruffin in the lineup (he was singing in the background). With Eddie Kendricks singing lead, it peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop charts in the Top 30 at number 26, and number 4 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts.

Personnel

  • Lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks
  • Background vocals by Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams
  • Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
  • Produced by Norman Whitfield
  • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
  • References

    Please Return Your Love to Me Wikipedia