"Put Yourself in My Place" is a song written by the Motown team of HollandâÂÂDozierâÂÂHolland and recorded by at least four Motown recording acts during the sixties: the Elgins in 1965, the Supremes, Chris Clark and the Isley Brothers in 1966.
Cash Box described the Supremes' version as a "traditional blueser".
The Elgins and Supremes' versions were both issued as B-Sides in 1966, but in 1969, the Isleys' version gave the brothers a hit with it when Tamla Motown re-issued the single for the British market after they had left the company and just scored a US million-seller, "It's Your Thing" for their own T-Neck label. The song went to #13 on the UK Singles Chart, higher than their American big hit of the same year. Similarly, a 1971 Tamla Motown reissue of The Elgins' version as an A side (as a follow-up to their then-recent UK Top 3 hit, "Heaven Must Have Sent You") gave the group a Top 30 hit (#28).