Ca n't Get Used to Losing You - Wikipedia Ca n't Get Used to Losing You `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' Single by Andy Williams with Robert Mersey and his Orchestra from the album Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests B - side `` Days of Wine and Roses '' Released March 1963 Recorded December 1962 Genre Easy listening Length 2 : 20 Label Columbia 42674 Songwriter ( s ) Jerome `` Doc '' Pomus, Mort Shuman Producer ( s ) Robert Mersey Andy Williams with Robert Mersey and his Orchestra singles chronology `` Do n't You Believe It '' ( 1962 ) `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' ( 1963 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' ( 1963 ) `` Do n't You Believe It '' ( 1962 ) `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' ( 1963 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' ( 1963 ) `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' is a song written by Jerome `` Doc '' Pomus and Mort Shuman, first made popular by Andy Williams in a 1963 record release, which was a # 2 hit in both the US and the UK. Twenty years later, British band The Beat took a reggae re-arrangement of the song to # 3 in the UK. Contents 1 Andy Williams recording 2 Other 1960s and 1970s covers 3 The Beat recording 4 Other recordings 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Andy Williams recording `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' was recorded by Andy Williams in December 1962 and released in 1963. It peaked at number 2 in both the US and the UK. In the US, the single spent four weeks at # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ( behind `` He 's So Fine '' by the Chiffons and `` I Will Follow Him '' by Little Peggy March ) and topped the Easy Listening chart for four weeks, peaking on both in April 1963. Williams ' recording peaked at # 1 on the Cashbox charts. Williams ' vocals on the song 's verses were double - tracked in unison, and overdubbed on the choruses so the listener hears Andy singing harmony with himself. The song appears on an album entitled Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests in North America and Ca n't Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests in the United Kingdom. Other 1960s and 1970s covers In 1963 Patti Page recorded a version of the song, with strings background, as part of the Say Wonderful Things album. In the same year Paul Anka on sang the song on the album Song I Wish I 'd Written ; Julie London performed the song on The Wonderful World of Julie London. Bobby Rydell did a versions the same year. In 1965 Chad and Jeremy 's cover appeared on their Before and After. Daddy and the Israelites performed a reggae version in 1970. The Beat recording The Beat ( known as The English Beat in the USA ) originally recorded their cover of `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' as a track on their 1980 album I Just Ca n't Stop It. It was not released as a single until three years later, just as The Beat announced that they were breaking up. The single was remixed slightly from the album track, and became the band 's fifth and final top ten UK hit, and their highest charting single release ever. Other recordings This song has been covered by Amen Corner, Madeline Bell, Julie London, Patti Page, Alton Ellis, Skeeter Davis, Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, Bobby Rydell, Renegade Soundwave, Percy Faith and Chad & Jeremy. This song has been covered in French by Pierre Lalonde in 1963, `` Je ne peux pas t'oublier ''. Beyoncé heavily sampled the song in a single titled Hold Up from her 2016 album Lemonade. See also List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1963 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` 1963, `` Ca n't Get Used to Losing You '' ``. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1996 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ `` PopularSong.org, `` Meet the Boxes, Juke and Cash '' ``. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Album Cuts 1955 - 2001, ( Billboard Publications ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Andy Williams Studio albums Andy Williams Sings Steve Allen Andy Williams Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein Two Time Winners To You Sweetheart, Aloha Lonely Street The Village of St. Bernadette Under Paris Skies Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes Warm and Willing Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests The Andy Williams Christmas Album The Wonderful World of Andy Williams The Academy Award - Winning `` Call Me Irresponsible '' and Other Hit Songs from the Movies The Great Songs from `` My Fair Lady '' and Other Broadway Hits Andy Williams ' Dear Heart Merry Christmas The Shadow of Your Smile In the Arms of Love Born Free Love, Andy Honey Happy Heart Get Together with Andy Williams Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head The Andy Williams Show Love Story You 've Got a Friend Love Theme from `` The Godfather '' Alone Again ( Naturally ) Solitaire The Way We Were Christmas Present You Lay So Easy on My Mind The Other Side of Me Andy Let 's Love While We Can Greatest Love Classics Close Enough for Love I Still Believe in Santa Claus Nashville We Need a Little Christmas I Do n't Remember Ever Growing Up Compilations Andy Williams Andy Williams ' Best Million Seller Songs Canadian Sunset Andy Williams ' Newest Hits May Each Day The Andy Williams Sound of Music Andy Williams ' Greatest Hits The Impossible Dream Love Story Andy Williams ' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ( CBS ) Andy Williams ' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Reflections The Best of Andy Williams ( 1992 ) Personal Christmas Collection 16 Most Requested Songs : Encore ! The Best of Andy Williams ( 1996 ) The Love Songs In the Lounge with... The Very Best of Andy Williams ( 2000 ) Andy The Essential Andy Williams B Sides and Rarities Music to Watch Girls By : The Very Best of Andy Williams Moon River : The Very Best of Andy Williams The Very Best of Andy Williams ( 2009 ) The Classic Christmas Album Live albums Greatest Hits The New Andy Williams Christmas Album Singles `` Walk Hand in Hand '' `` Canadian Sunset '' `` Butterfly '' `` I Like Your Kind of Love '' `` Lips of Wine '' `` Are You Sincere ? 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Question: who wrote can't get used to losing you
Answer: Jerome "Doc" Pomus