Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage

[rievans57]

There was always something about Smokey that set him apart. He was deeper. His lyrics were almost 3 dimensional and when you mix in the instrumentation. When he sang of love he made you say amen.

[mickiyelly1960]

Great song written by a great song writer and great singer. Go 'head Smokey.

[marcloganmusic]

King Smokey ,Earl & the crew ,tought me how to Dream ,& i Thank you

[marcloganmusic]

KIng Smokey ,Earl & the crew..tought me how to Dream..,& i Thank you.! ...

[MsShirleyD]

Good song. Love the Motown oldies. 

[poetcomic1]

Forty+ years since I last heard this...and every single word came back to me and I'm grooving along.

[pita040849]

Reminds me so much of American Gigoglo - Richard Gere - great song Smokey

[sugarpieandcaleb]

@pita040849

Yeah, when Gere was putting his clothes together. I was in high school when I saw this movie in 1980. Thought Gere was smooth.

[MyrsixO]

i like it, i was looking for this song since a long long time, thank you so much, sorry for my english, i'm french! :)

[35150Alabama]

The Funk Brothers are at their best here, but it's like Smokey fine tuned everything before he went to work. There seem to be notes and sounds that no one else had. It's just great music.

[lumpear1]

One of the best songs Smokey made

[loosestudios]

Marvin "Marv" Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for The Miracles during . , including Grammy Hall Of Fame inducted "The Tracks of My Tears Tarplin helped co-compose many of the Miracles' hit singles, e million-selling Grammy Hall of Fame winner "The Tracks of My Tears" for which(1965), "My Girl Has Gone" (1965), , "Going to a Go-Go" (1965), died sept 30,2011 alsoThe Four Tops 1970 Top 20 hit, "Still Water

[TheDreamCatalyst]

R.I.P. Mr Marv Tarplin....

[laylanickraven]

remind me of richard gear pickin out his clothes lips sycing this tune ...sexy

[Ear4Beauty]

The Congo Drums and the Fender Bass and what sounded like a sitar, made that song for me. And the lyrics "A green oasis where there's only sand!"

[Sybenett]

Mike and the Jfive killed this shit too.

[nedalnekbrad]

can't hear this song without immediatly thinking about clothes .... damn you american gigolo !

[DebDidIt]

@nedalnekbrad and Richard Gere's swaggering dancing during this song was SO sexy too! :)

[Garaystone]

So many memories Rest in peace Shatek

[jessicavega1952]

OMG !!! This song brings back so many memories........

[therealraybaby]

The promise of love was written on ur face.

[msmocha11]

CHICAGO this how we grooved

[mainhoondon21]

This song on repeat during a nice spring day while driving with my windows open.

[1954jer]

when we were young we had our own words to all the hits. like weird al yankovic does. this tune was, " the love i saw in you was just a big bra ".

[BasicallyImPro]

@MrKelseyDoreen 

[skip328]

this has been one of my favs. forever and will continue to be.

[endless441]

you have to remember smokey broke a lot of hearts.One of motown players

[Mgetreal]

@endless441 Maybe...he's a born-again Christian now..if you listen to his music, you can tell God always had His hand on him..

[1954jer]

he is a rare treat. wrote so much good music. backstage in 10 minutes he wrote my girl, handed it to the temps, they went out & did it. he said there was no way he was going to tell the temps how to treat it. he was right, they did a great job.

[ringtalk3]

I was taking pictures circa 1978 at the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, CA. Smokey called me in my bad white suit up on stage and I got to pick a song and dance with the back up singer. I chose, "I second that emotion." My ex-girlfriend Maria freaked out as she was a tad insecure. We went to a party with the Floaters, the opening act, afterwards.

[jessicavega1952]

The love is saw in you was just a mirage..........Manny

[emmettk]

One of my faves by Smokey- As in all his songs, the lyrics are special.

[ENDOFTHE202]

I can see Gere laying out his clothes for the night.....We were cool then weren't we........

[JackGeezy85]

i can relate to this song. very good stuff right here

[wandajsthomas]

What CanI Say.......Motown Soul

[brigittmontanez]

I can't never get tired of this classic.

[PANDOSING]

Bob Dylan corrected himself with this comment about "Smokey". He said he meant to say Alan Ginsberg. Bob was a "Bohemian" at the time. He smoked a lot of "Dope" during this period in his life

[hollidayevery]

One of my favorite Miracles tunes...Love the Marvin Tarplin guitar part in particular...AMAZING GUITARIST!!!...So underrated, by everyone except Smokey, who called Marv his favorite collaborator!

[wh0m33]

Classic Smokey!

[RXRguy]

Man.... What a great song.... Tremendous words

Only trouble with this song is it's to short... I keep wanting more

[toicannon]

"Just a minute ago your love was here all of a sudden it seem to disappear." This happens when love fades!!

[1994g0]

@toicannon True.And when you`re young, the pain is immense when you still the love the other

[toicannon]

@1994g0 Yes when you are young it really, really hurts because you don't know how to handler hearbreak!!!

[1994g0]

@toicannon Isn`t it interesting how, as you get older, romantic love seems less and less important.But in your youth, it`s everything.Another great song on this subject is "Fading Away" by The Temptations.

[ChillMB]

@1994g0 Can you let me know at which age it becomes less important?:P Im still waiting.

[1994g0]

@ChillMB About age 4o.And you begin to see how powerful money is with women.get rich and you`ll never be lonely for women again.Never

[christheone8773]

this tune was released by Motown on January 27, 1967 and it peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March of 1967-

[Snowee]

Beautiful song.

[jamad99]

classic!!!!!

[billyjo1881]

Detroit St. Gabriel 1968... so much soul

[Lillie540]

This is such a LOVELY SONG!!!!!

[knewt59]

If you like this please listen to The Jackson 5sing this you will enjoy it!!!!!!

[knewt59]

Nobody sings it like smokey very gifted voice one of a kind!

[rievans57]

I'm gonna' go out on a limb and say that James Jamerson is playing bass on this track and playing it quite well.

[marshmellow765]

LOVE IT - THANX FOR THE POST

[bronze1914]

genius..pure genius! respect him!

[marketgarden30]

I love this track and Paul Schrader is a genius for using this in American Gigolo

[1968corvettedaddy]

Great song

[miapulp]

There's a good reason Bob Dylan once referred to Smokey as America's greatest poet. He would know. Beautiful.

[driver8csy]

we wore this record out in college! what romance--what soul! an all-time favorite--and the way my husband won my heart!

[gusandspud]

The days when Smokey made terrific records, before the dreadful commercial Tears of a Clown. From then onwards I lost interest in him and the group

[eddie5647]

Tears of a Clown was recorded before this one by a month or so. If you have discarded his work after 1966 strongly suggest you re-visit !!

[oldiesfan52]

One of Motown's greats. Thanks for posting!