''Mary Wells'' is the self-titled sixth studio album released by Mary Wells. The album was her first album with

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

, a year after she left her old label,

Motown Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...

, the label that she had produced its first hits with. While this album was boosted by the top 40 success of the Motown-esque "Use Your Head", the album received little notice and its following singles including the top 50 hit, "Ain't It the Truth?" and "Stop Taking Me for Granted", which peaked at a dismal number 88 pop, performed poorer for an artist who a year ago had scored her first No. 1 hit with "

My Guy "My Guy" is a 1964 hit single by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's rejection of a sexual advance and affirmation of her fidelity to her boyfriend, who is her ideal an ...

". This and '' Love Songs to the Beatles'' were the only albums she released with 20th Century Fox. Riley Hampton was the uncredited arranger, with Norman Schwartz responsible for cover design.

Track listing

Side one

#"Why Don't You Let Yourself Go" ( Rudy Clark) #"Everlovin' Boy" (Rudy Clark) #"He's a Lover" (Lee Porter, Ronald Miller) #"Stop Takin' Me For Granted" (Jennie Lee Lambert, Mickey Gentile) #"

Use Your Head "Use Your Head" is a soulful pop song written by Barrett Strong, Wade Flemons and The Dells' Chuck Barksdale and released as a single by former Motown singer Mary Wells on the 20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known ...

" ( Barrett Strong, Chuck Barksdale, Richard Parker) #"We're Just Two of a Kind" ( Van McCoy)

Side two

#"My Mind's Made Up" ( J. J. Jackson, Sidney Barnes) #"Never, Never Leave Me" (Jennie Lee Lambert, Mickey Gentile) #"Ain't It the Truth" ( Lou Courtney a/k/a L. R. Peques) #"He's Good Enough for Me" (Bob Goodman) #"How Can I Forget Him" (Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Lou Courtney a/k/a L. R. Peques, Richard Gottehrer) #"I'm Learning"

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