You beat Me to the Punch - Wikipedia You beat Me to the Punch `` You Beat Me to the Punch '' Single by Mary Wells from the album The One Who Really Loves You B - side `` Old Love ( Let 's Try It Again ) '' Released 1962 Format 7 '' single Recorded Hitsville USA ; 1962 Genre Soul Length 2 : 45 Label Motown Songwriter ( s ) Smokey Robinson, Ronald White Producer ( s ) Smokey Robinson Mary Wells singles chronology `` The One Who Really Loves You '' ( 1962 ) `` You Beat Me to the Punch '' ( 1962 ) `` Two Lovers '' ( 1962 ) `` The One Who Really Loves You '' ( 1962 ) `` You Beat Me to the Punch '' ( 1962 ) `` Two Lovers '' ( 1962 ) `` You Beat Me to the Punch '' is a soul single by Motown singer Mary Wells, released on the Motown label in 1962. It was co-written by Smokey Robinson of the Miracles, who was responsible for the majority of hits released by Wells while she was a Motown artist, and another Miracles member, Ronnie White. Following the success of the previous single, `` The One Who Really Loves You '', Motown released this record shortly after it was produced and the song performed similar work as `` The One Who Really Loves You '' did, becoming a Billboard Top 10 Pop smash, peaking at number nine on the pop chart and becoming her first number - one hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart. It also won Wells a Grammy nomination for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. Like `` The One Who Really Loves You '' before it, the song was produced with a mock - calypso beat. It inspired an `` answer '' song by soul singer Gene Chandler called `` You Threw A Lucky Punch '' which used the same music and different lyrics and became a Pop and R&B chart hit that year. Contents 1 Personnel 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links Personnel Lead vocal by Mary Wells Background vocals by the Love Tones ( Carl Jones, Joe Miles, and Stan Bracely ) Written and produced by Smokey Robinson and Ronnie White Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers Trivia In DTV, `` You Threw A Lucky Punch '' was set to Toby Tortoise Returns. This song was used in the movie Boulevard Nights. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 617. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Green Onions '' by Booker T. & The MG 's Billboard Hot R&B Singles number - one single September 22, 1962 Succeeded by `` Green Onions '' by Booker T. & The MG 's Mary Wells Studio albums Bye Bye Baby I Do n't Want to Take a Chance ( 1961 ) The One Who Really Loves You ( 1962 ) Two Lovers and Other Great Hits ( 1963 ) Mary Wells Sings My Guy ( 1964 ) Mary Wells ( 1965 ) The Two Sides of Mary Wells ( 1966 ) Servin ' Up Some Soul ( 1968 ) In and Out of Love ( 1981 ) Keeping My Mind on Love ( 1990 ) Other albums Recorded Live On Stage ( 1963 ) Together ( 1964 ) Love Songs to the Beatles ( 1965 ) Greatest Hits ( 1966 ) Vintage Stock ( 1966 ) Easy Touch ( 1982 ) The Old, The New & The Best of Mary Wells ( 1983 ) Singles ( US Top 40 ) `` I Do n't Want to Take a Chance '' `` The One Who Really Loves You '' `` You Beat Me to the Punch '' `` Two Lovers '' `` Laughing Boy '' `` Your Old Standby '' `` What 's Easy for Two Is Hard for One '' / `` You Lost the Sweetest Boy '' `` My Guy '' `` Once Upon a Time '' `` What 's the Matter with You Baby '' `` Use Your Head '' Related articles Discography Albums Songs Smokey Robinson Marvin Gaye Cecil Womack Meech Wells Book : Mary Wells This 1960s single - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Beat_Me_to_the_Punch&oldid=836025285 '' Categories : 1962 singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Mary Wells songs Motown singles Songs written by Smokey Robinson Songs written by Ronald White Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson 1962 songs 1960s single stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 12 April 2018, at 06 : 40. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang you beat me to the punch
Answer: Mary Wells