Put Yourself in My Place (Motown song)

"Put Yourself in My Place" is a song written by the Motown team of Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded by at least four Motown recording acts during the sixties: The Elgins in 1965, The Supremes, Chris Clark and The Isley Brothers in 1966.

Cash Box described the Supremes' version as a "traditional blueser".

Charts
The Elgins and Supremes' versions were both issued as B-Sides in 1966, but in 1969, the Isleys' version gave the brothers a hit with it when Tamla Motown re-issued the single for the British market after they had left the company and just scored a US million-seller, "It's Your Thing" for their own T-Neck label. The song went to #13 on the UK Singles Chart, higher than their American big hit of the same year. Similarly, a 1971 Tamla Motown reissue of The Elgins' version as an A side (as a follow-up to their then-recent UK Top 3 hit, "Heaven Must Have Sent You") gave the group a Top 30 hit (#28).

The Elgins' version

 * Album: Darling Baby
 * A-side: "Darling Baby" (1966)
 * B-side: "It's Gonna Be Hard Times" (1971)
 * Lead vocals by Saundra Mallett Edwards
 * Backing vocals by Johnny Dawson, Cleo "Duke" Miller, and Norman McLean
 * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

The Supremes' version

 * Album: The Supremes A' Go-Go
 * A-side: "You Can't Hurry Love"
 * Lead vocals by Diana Ross
 * Background vocals by Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and The Andantes
 * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

The Isley Brothers' version

 * B-side: "Little Miss Sweetness"
 * Lead vocals by Ronald Isley
 * Background vocals by O'Kelly Isley Jr. and Rudolph Isley
 * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Chris Clark version

 * A-side: "Love's Gone Bad"
 * Lead vocals by Chris Clark
 * Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers