Ain't Too Proud to Beg

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"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
Single by the Temptations
from the album Gettin' Ready
B-side	"You'll Lose a Precious Love"
Released	May 3, 1966 (1966-05-03)
Recorded	January 4 and January 11, 1966
Studio	Hitsville USA (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan
Genre	Soul R&B
Length	2:36
Label	Gordy
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield[1] Eddie Holland[1]
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield[1]
The Temptations singles chronology
"Get Ready" (1966) "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (1966) "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (1966)
Official audio
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" on YouTube

"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by the Temptations for Motown Records' Gordy label,^[2] produced by Norman Whitfield and written by Whitfield and Edward Holland Jr. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Chart, and was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B charts for eight non-consecutive weeks.^[3] The song's success, in the wake of the relative underperformance of the previous Temptations' single, "Get Ready", resulted in Norman Whitfield replacing Smokey Robinson, producer of "Get Ready", as the Temptations' main producer. In 2004 it finished number 94 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll thanks to its inclusion in The Big Chill soundtrack.

Notable covers have been recorded by the Rolling Stones (1974) and by Rick Astley (1989).