I Can't Help Myself- Four Tops Unlisted (Completed)
- NeedsSaxophone
- NeedsVocals
- NeedsKeys Piano Acoustic
- NeedsGuitar Rhythm
- NeedsBrass
- NeedsDrums
- NeedsBass Electric
"I Can't Help Myself" is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.
Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "I Can't Help Myself" is one of the most well-known Motown recordings of the 1960s and among the decade's biggest hits. The single topped the Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks (being named the biggest R&B single of the year by Billboard) and also peaked at No.1 on the Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks, from June 12 to June 19 and from June 26 to July 3 in 1965. It replaced "Back in My Arms Again" by label mates the Supremes. It was first unseated at No.1 by "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, then regained the top spot before being replaced by the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Billboard ranked the record as the second biggest single of 1965. "I Can't Help Myself" was the Four Tops' first top 40 single in the UK, peaking at No.23 at the end of 1965, then reaching No.10 in its early 1970 re-release.
| Talent | Invited | Reserved |
|---|---|---|
| Saxophone | michaeldixon | michaeldixon |
| Vocals | stegokitty | |
| Keys Piano Acoustic | michaeldixon | michaeldixon |
| Guitar Rhythm | jaybern | |
| Brass | michaeldixon | |
| Drums | Revup67 | Revup67 |
| Bass Electric | billbassdude | billbassdude |
My apologies in advance ... Please feel free to get another person to handle to vocals. Beside the fact that my voice has been fairly wrecked from allergies (though doing much better now, thank God!) it's going to needs be a time for recovery and strengthening ... and then there's the problem with this song ... or rather the problem that my voice cannot handle -- it's that the majority of this song lives in that place where my voice cracks up. It's not high enough for falsetto and too low for a valid tenor. I thought I might be able to do it, but I can't, but I wanted to get it done because I said would, and so it's done, such as it is, at least as far as what I'm able to do. So again, PLEASE get a voice who can actually handle this song. Here's hoping all's well with everyone. PS - And of course you'll need to do some shuffling of the tracks to get 'em to line up properly.
12-9-25 9pm PST . Had to resync all tracks one by one as somehow the BT was at -.464 likely after the Collab transfer. Some of us know, the BT must always be at 0:00. Once I reset this to zero, I worked each track one by one until all tracks lined up (best I could). Did a full remix. The Collab stands as an instrumental at the moment. Thank you all for understanding.
michaeldixon - thanks for transferring this Collab. I finally got this up and running today 12-9-25 and regrettably I had to remove arejay222 vocal line as well as jaybern 's vocals as there was too much phasing which disrupted the rest of the Collab. Getting a good mix was impossible and I tried for quite sometime. Please take no offense as I am very grateful for your efforts. Undoubtedly this is a very difficult song to do vocally and Levi Stubb's original vocals simply can't be mirrored. Thank you both for understanding.
@jaybern - Excellent job on Rhythm Guitar! Right in the pocket. Thank you.
I turned the backing track up so that arejay222 can hear the vocals better.