"b779b809-2bb0-45f6-8c0e-1e08a34739a3" . "Gordy Records singles" . "2"^^ . "Songs written by Barrett Strong" . "Motown" . "Rodger Penzabene" . "--02-06" . "101.0"^^ . "215999"^^ . "2007-07-05"^^ . "2178082" . "-11.8"^^ . "5714dee925ac0d8aee551085" . "english" . . "false"^^ . "Recording Industry Association of America" . "USMO16800257" . "false"^^ . "Norman Whitfield" . "0.397723"^^ . . "%22I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)%22 is a single recorded by The Temptations and released on Motown Records' Gordy label during the spring of 1968 (see 1968 in music). The single is notable as the final composition of lyricist Roger Penzabene, and as the final Temptations single to feature David Ruffin as lead singer.Both %22I Could Never Love Another%22 and the previous Temptations release, %22I Wish It Would Rain%22, drew from Penzabene's real-life heart break over learning that his wife had been unfaithful. Unable to handle the extreme pain and unable to leave his wife, he wrote the songs as personal statements to her, publicizing the pain she caused him. After both songs were completed and recorded, Penzabene committed suicide.David Ruffin portrays the narrator of %22I Could Never Love Another%22, who asks his wife why she is suddenly ending their relationship after all their years together and all her proclamations of love. He then tells her that despite her infidelity, despite all the pain she's caused him, he'll never find love with another woman. %22I Could Never Love Another%22 proved to be Ruffin's final performance as lead singer on a Temptations single, as Ruffin was fired from the group in June 1968 for what was considered increasingly unprofessional behavior and ego clashes.%22I Could Never Love Another%22 was the second single from the 1968 album The Temptations Wish It Would Rain. It peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached the number-one position on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. Following one more single from the LP, the Eddie Kendricks-led %22Please Return Your Love to Me%22, the Temptations forged ahead into psychedelic soul territory with their new single, %22Cloud Nine%22, and their new lead singer, Dennis Edwards." . "18"^^ . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . . "Songs written by Rodger Penzabene" . . "The Temptations songs" . "Barrett Strong" . "Songs written by Norman Whitfield" . . "false"^^ . "1968 songs" . "1968-04-18"^^ . . . "218000.0"^^ . "2730" . "Torch songs" . "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" . . . "1968 singles" . "Norman Whitfield" . "I Could Never Love Another" . "0.0432729"^^ . . .