Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While) Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While) "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and released as a single in 1964 by the Motown singing group The Four Tops as the second single from their self-titled debut album, "Four Tops". The group would later cover the song with The Supremes. "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" was the follow up to the Four Tops' prior hit "Baby, I Need Your Loving," and was designed to sound similar, with a similar theme, similar tempo and similar sound. The
(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up Best Part of) Breakin' Up," their previous single had been the successful "Baby, I Love You", which peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard charts. However, according to Ronnie Spector, the group's lead singer, producer Phil Spector had already begun to somewhat lose enthusiasm for the Ronettes in early 1964. The group had recorded the Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich song "Chapel of Love" in early 1964, but Spector refused to release it. "It doesn't sound like a hit," he told the group, so The Dixie Cups recorded their version of the song, which peaked at number one