<P> `` I 'm on the Outside ( Looking In ) '' is a 1964 hit song by Little Anthony and the Imperials , issued on DCP Records . It was a Billboard Top 20 Pop hit , peaking at number 15 . Written by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein , this was the group 's comeback single , ending a long period of inactivity . After the group 's first hit - making period , with such hits as `` Tears on My Pillow '' , `` Two People In The World '' , and `` Shimmy Shimmy Ko - Ko Bop '' , lead singer `` Little Anthony '' Gourdine left the group for a solo career . Both he and the group released records separately , but none of them were hits . By 1963 , both entities had faded from the charts . In the interim , The Imperials had gone through some membership changes as well . While original members Ernest Wright and group founder Clarence Collins had remained with the group , the other original members , Tracy Lord and Nathanial Rogers , left the group , and Sammy Strain joined the group . </P>
<P> `` I 'm on the Outside ( Looking In ) '' is a 1964 hit song by Little Anthony and the Imperials , issued on DCP Records . It was a Billboard Top 20 Pop hit , peaking at number 15 . Written by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein , this was the group 's comeback single , ending a long period of inactivity . After the group 's first hit - making period , with such hits as `` Tears on My Pillow '' , `` Two People In The World '' , and `` Shimmy Shimmy Ko - Ko Bop '' , lead singer `` Little Anthony '' Gourdine left the group for a solo career . Both he and the group released records separately , but none of them were hits . By 1963 , both entities had faded from the charts . In the interim , The Imperials had gone through some membership changes as well . While original members Ernest Wright and group founder Clarence Collins had remained with the group , the other original members , Tracy Lord and Nathanial Rogers , left the group , and Sammy Strain joined the group . </P>
who sings i 'm on the outside looking in
who sings i 'm on the outside looking in
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Little Anthony and the Imperials