"I Can't Help Myself" is a confession of romantic helplessness set to an irresistible dance beat. The Four Tops recorded it in 1965 as a song about a man who knows he is caught and has stopped pretending otherwise. He is addicted. He cannot quit. The song does not apologize for the weakness because the weakness is the entire subject. Levi Stubbs delivers the confession with such force that surrender sounds like strength. Sugar pie, honey bunch -- the terms of endearment are the only defense he has left.