Editing Ain't Too Proud to Beg (section)

{{short description|1966 single by the Temptations}}
{{for-multi|the TLC song|Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg|the Broadway musical based on the life and songs of The Temptations|Ain't Too Proud (musical)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Ain't Too Proud to Beg
| cover      = Tempts-ain't-too-proud.jpg
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Temptations]]
| album      = [[Gettin' Ready]]
| B-side     = You'll Lose a Precious Love
| released   = {{Start date|1966|05|03}}
| recorded   = January 4 and January 11, 1966
| studio     = [[Hitsville USA]] (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan
| genre      =
* [[Soul music|Soul]]
* [[R&B]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=2|s=36}}
| label      = [[Motown Records|Gordy]]
| writer     =
* [[Norman Whitfield]]<ref name="All"/>
* [[Eddie Holland]]<ref name="All"/>
| producer   = Norman Whitfield<ref name="All">{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/motown-best-songs-of-all-time-1203189858/|title=The 60 Greatest Motown Songs of All Time|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=2019-04-21|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref>
| chronology = The Temptations
| prev_title = [[Get Ready (Motown song)|Get Ready]]
| prev_year  = 1966
| next_title = [[Beauty Is Only Skin Deep]]
| next_year  = 1966
| misc       = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|_ObVQPBD0Uw|"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"}}}}
}}

"'''Ain't Too Proud to Beg'''" is a 1966 song and hit single by [[the Temptations]] for [[Motown Records]]' Gordy label,<ref name=pc26>{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19781/m1/ |title=Show 26 – The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 5] }}</ref> produced by [[Norman Whitfield]] and written by Whitfield and [[Edward Holland Jr.]] The song peaked at number 13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Pop Chart]], and was a number-one hit on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|''Billboard'' R&B charts]] for eight non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=571}}</ref> The song's success, in the wake of the relative underperformance of the previous Temptations' single, "[[Get Ready (The Temptations song)|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 (film)|The Big Chill]]'' soundtrack.

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