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I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" is a 1965 hit song recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. It was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks, from June 12 1965 to June 19 and from June 26 to July 3. It replaced "Back in My Arms Again" by labelmates The Supremes, was first replaced by "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds, then regained the top spot before being permanently replaced by "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones. The song finds lead singer Levi Stubbs, assisted by the other three Tops and The Andantes, pleadingly professing his love to a woman: "Sugar pie, honey bunch/I'm weaker than a man should be!/Can't help myself/I'm a fool in love, you see." Like most of his lead parts, Stubbs' vocals have a fervor similar to that of a Black Baptist preacher. Many of the lines in the song are delivered in a tone that straddles the line between singing and shouting, highlighting the pain inherent if Stubbs' lover does not accept him. Credits
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