I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To

"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To"
Single by Eddie Holland
A-side	"I'm on the Outside Looking In"
B-side	"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To"
Released	October 16, 1963
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); November 2, 1962 & April 19, 1963
Genre	R&B
Label	Motown 1049
Writer(s)	Norman Whitfield Eddie Holland
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
Eddie Holland singles chronology
"Baby Shake" (1963) "I'm On The Outside Looking In"/"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To" (1963) "Leaving Here" (1963)

"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To"
Single by The Temptations
A-side	"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
B-side	"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To"
Released	November 2, 1966
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); November 2, 1962 (Remixed June 7, 1966)
Genre	R&B/Soul/Pop
Length	2:31
Label	Gordy G 7057
Writer(s)	Norman Whitfield Edward Holland, Jr.
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (1966) "(I Know) I'm Losing You"/"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To" (1966) "All I Need" (1967)

"I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To" is a 1962 Motown song written by Edward Holland, Jr. and Norman Whitfield. It would later be released as B-sides for singles by The Temptations (in 1966) and Holland himself (in 1963), both of which were produced by Whitfield.

Personnel

Temptations version

• Lead vocals by Paul Williams
• Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams
• Produced by Norman Whitfield
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.

Eddie Holland version

• Lead vocals by Eddie Holland
• Background vocals by The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps) and The Love-Tones
• Produced by Norman Whitfield
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.

External links

• http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/hdh.htm HDH discography