<P> "It's the Same Old Song" is a 1965 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label . Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland--Dozier--Holland, the song is today one of The Tops' signature songs, and was notably created--from initial concept to commercial release--in 24 hours . It reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart . It also reached number 34 in the UK . </P> <P> With the recent release of a previously unreleased version of "It's the Same Old Song" recorded by the Supremes, the truth of the events on how the song came together for the Four Tops is put into question . Holland - Dozier - Holland originally wrote and cut a track of "It's the Same Old Song" for the Supremes in May 1965 before the Four Tops' version . This first version would remain unreleased until 2017 . A second version was cut in a very similar style to the Four Tops' version would be released in 1967 on The Supremes Sing Holland - Dozier - Holland . </P> <P> After "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" hit #1 in June 1965, The Four Tops' former label, Columbia Records, wanting to cash in on the group's success, re-released the Tops' 1960 Columbia single "Ain't That Love". Berry Gordy ordered that a new Four Tops single had to be released within a day's time . </P> <P> At 3: 00 PM that afternoon, the Holland brothers and Lamont Dozier wrote "It's the Same Old Song". Four Tops tenor Abdul "Duke" Fakir recalled: </P>

The same old song by the four tops