Don't Look Back (The Temptations song)

"Don't Look Back"
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptin' Temptations
A-side"My Baby"
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1965
(1st pressing)
October 30, 1965
(2nd pressing)
RecordedHitsville USA (Studio A); May 5, May 10 and May 12, 1965
GenreSoul
Length2:50
LabelGordy
G 7047
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson
Ronald White
Producer(s)Smokey Robinson
The Temptations singles chronology
"Since I Lost My Baby"
(1965)
"My Baby" / "Don't Look Back"
(1965)
"Get Ready"
(1966)
Music video
"Don't Look Back" on YouTube

"Don't Look Back" is a 1965 song recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The flip side to their Top 20 hit "My Baby", "Don't Look Back" broke out and became a hit among the R&B audience on its own, reaching #14 on the R&B charts.

Considered one of original lead singer Paul Williams' showcases, "Don't Look Back" was regularly employed as the closing number for Temptations live performances. Although the original flip side, "My Baby", was initially more popular with pop audiences at the time, over the decades, "Don't Look Back" has proven to be the far more popular and enduring tune. It was also performed by the group on The Ed Sullivan Show. There are no known cover versions of "My Baby".