Can't Get Used to Losing You

"Can't Get Used to Losing You" is a song written by Jerome "Doc" Pomus and Mort Shuman,[1] first made popular by Andy Williams in a 1963 record release, which was a #2 hit in both the US and the UK. Twenty years later, British band The Beat took a reggae re-arrangement of the song to #3 in the UK.

"Can't Get Used to Losing You"
Single by Andy Williams with Robert Mersey and his Orchestra
from the album Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests
B-side"Days of Wine and Roses"
ReleasedMarch 1963
RecordedDecember 1962
GenreEasy listening
Length2:20
LabelColumbia 42674
Songwriter(s)Jerome "Doc" Pomus, Mort Shuman
Producer(s)Robert Mersey
Andy Williams with Robert Mersey and his Orchestra singles chronology
"Don't You Believe It"
(1962)		 "Can't Get Used to Losing You"
(1963)		 "Days of Wine and Roses"
(1963)

Andy Williams recording

"Can't Get Used to Losing You" was recorded by Andy Williams in December 1962 and released in 1963. It peaked at number 2 in both the US and the UK. In the US, the single spent four weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (behind "He's So Fine" by the Chiffons and "I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March) and topped the Easy Listening chart for four weeks, peaking on both in April 1963.[2] Williams' recording peaked at #1 on the Cashbox charts.[3] Williams' vocals on the song's verses were double-tracked in unison, and overdubbed on the choruses so the listener hears Andy singing harmony with himself. The song appears on an album entitled Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests in North America and Can't Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests in the United Kingdom.

Charts
Chart (1963) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 39
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 2
US Cashbox 1
US Adult Contemporary[6] 1
US Hot R&B[6] 7

Other 1960s and 1970s covers

In 1963 Patti Page recorded a version of the song, with strings background, as part of the Say Wonderful Things album. In the same year Paul Anka sang the song on the album Song I Wish I'd Written; Julie London performed the song on The Wonderful World of Julie London. Bobby Rydell did a versions the same year. In 1965 Chad and Jeremy's cover appeared on their Before and After.

Dandy and the Israelites performed a reggae version in 1970.

The Beat recording
"Can’t Get Used to Losing You"
Song by The Beat
from the album I Just Can't Stop It
ReleasedMay 1980 (1980-05)
GenreReggae
Length3:04
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bob Sargeant
"Can’t Get Used to Losing You (1983 Remix Version)"
Single by The Beat
from the album What Is Beat?
B-side"Spar Wid Me"
Released15 April 1983 (1983-04-15)
GenreReggae
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Doc Pomus
  • Mort Shuman
Producer(s)Bob Sargeant
The Beat singles chronology
"I Confess"
(1982)		 "Can’t Get Used to Losing You (1983 Remix Version)"
(1983)		 "Ackee 1-2-3"
(1983)

The Beat (known as The English Beat in the USA) originally recorded their cover of "Can't Get Used to Losing You" as a track on their 1980 album I Just Can't Stop It. It was not released as a single until three years later, just as The Beat announced that they were breaking up. The single was remixed slightly from the album track, and became the band's fifth and final top ten UK hit, and their highest charting single release ever.

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 47
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 3

Other recordings

This song has been covered by Amen Corner, Madeline Bell, Julie London, Patti Page, Alton Ellis, Skeeter Davis, Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, Bobby Rydell,[13] Renegade Soundwave, Percy Faith and Chad & Jeremy.

This song has been covered in France by Dick Rivers as "Je ne peux pas t'oublier" with French lyrics in 1963, a version Pierre Lalonde recorded in Canada the same year. Italian pop singer John Foster also covered the song in 1963 as "Eri Un Abitudine".

British singer Colour Girl had a No. 31 hit with her UK garage version in 2000.

Beyoncé heavily sampled the song in "Hold Up", from her 2016 album Lemonade.

See also

References
  1. "1963, "Can't Get Used to Losing You"".
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. "PopularSong.org, "Meet the Boxes, Juke and Cash"".
  4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Andy Williams – Can’t Get Used to Losing You". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. "Andy Williams: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  6. "Can't Get Used to Losing You (song by Andy Williams) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. "Ultratop.be – The Beat – Can’t Get Used to Losing You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Can’t Get Used to Losing You". Irish Singles Chart.
  9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – The Beat" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Beat – Can’t Get Used to Losing You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  11. "Charts.nz – The Beat – Can’t Get Used to Losing You". Top 40 Singles.
  12. "The Beat: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  13. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Album Cuts 1955-2001, (Billboard Publications)


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