I'll Try Something New (song)

Infobox Single
Name = I'll Try Something New
Artist = The Miracles
from Album = I'll Try Something New


B-side =
Released = April 9 1962
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1961 – 1962
Format = 7" single
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 3:00
Label = Tamla
T 54059
Writer = Smokey Robinson
Producer = Smokey Robinson
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Last single = "What's So Good About Goodbye"
(1961)
This single = "I'll Try Something New"
(1962)
Next single = "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
(1962)Infobox Single
Name = I'll Try Something New
Artist = Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations
from Album = Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations
Released = February 20, 1969
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studios A & B): 1968
Genre = Soul/Pop
Length = 3:00
Label = Motown
M 1142
Writer = Smokey Robinson
Producer = Frank Wilson
Nickolas Ashford
Smokey Robinson
Deke Richards
Chart position =
*#2 (US Pop Singles)
**#2 (US R&B Singles)
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Diana Ross & The Supremes
Type = singles
Last single = "I'm Livin' in Shame"
(1969)
This single = "I'll Try Something New"
(1969)
Next single = "The Composer"
(1969)Extra chronology
Artist = The Temptations
Type = singles
Last single = "Run Away Child, Running Wild"
(1969)
This single = "I'll Try Something New"
(1969)
Next single = "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" (1969)

"I'll Try Something New" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and first recorded by Robinson's popular group The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1962 . Although not one of The Miracles' biggest hits, it is certainly one of the most beautiful, and is still fondly remembered today. The song would later be re-recorded by The Supremes as a duet recording with The Temptations seven years later.

ong information

In the song, the narrator describes how if he feels that if his first attempt at trying to show his lover affection wasn't good enough, then he'd try something new to keep their love alive :"I will build you a castle with a tower so high...""It reaches the Moon...."I'll take the melody from birdies that fly...""and compose you a tune...""Give you lovin' warm as Mama's oven,and""if that don't do....""Then I'll try something new."The Miracles issued the original version of the song in 1962 with Robinson singing lead on it, and with wife (and fellow Miracles member) Claudette's voice clearly visible in the chorus ("hey Venus...") Smokey and Motown founder Berry Gordy produced the song with an Oriental feel to it, with unusually lush-for-the-period orchestration and sweeping strings, showcasing The Miracles'tight harmonies,and Robinson's trademark poetry and vivid imagery.The Miracles' original version was a Top 40 Pop hit,reaching number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 20 on the R&B side,reaching number 11 on the Hot R&B Sides chart.It was the title track from their 1962 "I'll Try Something New" L.P.

Cover Versions

In 1966, R&B artist Spyder Turner covered the song as an excerpt of his hit cover of the Ben E King song "Stand By Me". Several years later,in 1969, the group's Motown label-mates The Supremes and The Temptations released a duet version that became a bigger hit reaching number 25 on the Hot 100 and number 8 on the R&B chart. Disco/pop group A Taste of Honey also covered the song 20 years later,in 1982. The Miracles' original version was chosen for the soundtrack of the award-winning 1964 Ivan Dixon film, "Nothing But a Man".

Credits

The Miracles version

*Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
*Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Bobby Rogers
*Guitarist Marv Tarplin

Other Instrumentation

*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Other Hit version

Diana Ross and the Supremes/Temptations version

*Lead vocals by Diana Ross, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin and Paul Williams
*Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers