<P> `` I Ca n't Get Next to You '' is a 1969 number - one single recorded by The Temptations and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Gordy ( Motown ) label . The song was the number - one single on the Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969 , from October 18 to October 25 , replacing `` Sugar , Sugar '' by The Archies and replaced by `` Suspicious Minds '' by Elvis Presley . The single was also a number - one hit on the Billboard Top R&B Singles for five weeks , from October 4 to November 1 , replacing `` Oh , What a Night '' by The Dells , and replaced by another Motown song , `` Baby I 'm For Real '' by The Originals . </P>
<P> `` I Ca n't Get Next to You '' is a 1969 number - one single recorded by The Temptations and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Gordy ( Motown ) label . The song was the number - one single on the Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969 , from October 18 to October 25 , replacing `` Sugar , Sugar '' by The Archies and replaced by `` Suspicious Minds '' by Elvis Presley . The single was also a number - one hit on the Billboard Top R&B Singles for five weeks , from October 4 to November 1 , replacing `` Oh , What a Night '' by The Dells , and replaced by another Motown song , `` Baby I 'm For Real '' by The Originals . </P>
who wrote ca n 't get next to you
who wrote ca n 't get next to you
Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong
Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong