[2] "Only Sixteen" was inspired by the sixteenth birthday of Lou Rawls's stepsister, Eunice.

[3][4] The composition was originally credited to Barbara Campbell, a pseudonym used for Cooke, Lou Adler and Herb Alpert.

[3] The Supremes recorded a version, first released on their tribute album We Remember Sam Cooke (1965).

[10] In 1968, it was released as an A-side single in Scandinavia, as Diana Ross & the Supremes,[11] where it reached No.

[12] The B-side, "Some Things You Never Get Used To" was released elsewhere as an A-side, becoming a top 40 hit in the US,[13] Canada,[14] and the UK.