The End of Our Road
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| "The End of Our Road" | ||||
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| Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips | ||||
| from the album Feelin' Bluesy | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Let Her Take Your Love From Me" | |||
| Released | January 25, 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1967, Hitsville USA, Detroit | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 2:19 | |||
| Label | Soul | |||
| Songwriters | Rodger Penzabene Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong | |||
| Producer | Norman Whitfield | |||
| Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology | ||||
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"The End of Our Road" is a single written by Rodger Penzabene, Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1967. First recorded in 1967 by Gladys Knight & the Pips, the group's version of the song, released in 1968, became another top forty hit for them as it peaked at number fifteen on the pop singles chart and number five on the R&B singles chart.
As with the last two songs in Penzabene's trilogy for The Temptations, "I Wish It Would Rain" and "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)", "The End of Our Road" talked about the demise of a couple's relationship. The sentiment behind the song's words, as lyricist Penzabene wrote his songs as personal statements to his wife, was about publicizing his pain of his own marriage falling apart. Unable to handle the extreme pain and hurt caused by this, he wrote the songs, drawing from his real-life heartbreak. After all three songs were completed and recorded, Penzabene committed suicide.
