Temptations - My Girl (Rare clip - back again!!!)

[Cocoboozilla]

I sincerely think today's artists should go back to this style, when men presented themselves as well-groomed gentlemen and women were nothing less than queens. They show class.

[GratefulVince]

What kind of asshat would dislike this?

[TheConsumerman]

The Temps are the BEST of the best!!!

[DizzyWhisper64]

Great clip, They looked so handsome together. Long live the Temptations

[janicerosen]

sing it, David Ruffin... show the kids today how it's done right.

[gasperline50]

this is the best quality video I've seen yet, thank you so much

[MzBleu91]

so so so happy that im able to watch these performances, & see the real thing! ...thanks :)

[TheHigh94]

too fkn cool

[Itsme2011mexhgo]

No one like David Rufffin, no one!

[gidneyandcloyd]

THANK YOU for posting this. For me, this brings back a memory of being at a summer camp in New York in '68 and watching several of our counselors (all of them white like the rest of us) entertaining us campers by lip synching to this record while attempting to duplicate the original choreography. I only knew the Temps' more recent stuff at that point, but this song immediately became a favorite and has been ever ever since. Man, they were awesome, both to listen to and watch.

[tobor58]

Make no mistake these are the REAL Temptations.

Real Singing

Real Dancing

Real Style and POLISH.

The actors who where fortunate enough to impersonate them in the "movie" had to work very hard to capture the essence of their stage presence.

These men had the goods for sure. They invented their own SWAG and it was not FAKE.

Nobody was as smooth as the Temptations.



[MsHomie87]

@FlyingShotsOfJack Yuck I hate auto tunes.Makes music sound fake,and childish.

[shadsta28]

It kinda looks funny seeing the real temptations. Im so used to seein Leon play David Ruffin.

[Ivydude131]

DAMN these brothers are sharp. Its funny, you're so used to seeing so many pictures of them later in life, its amazing just how young and sharp they look here!!

[nintubegoogification]

When i first saw his face i was like DAMN thats ugly!

[1022shrimpy]

LOOK DAVID I LOVE THE TEMPTATIONS!!

[mooe1965]

Does not get any better than that....AMERICANA.

[chickenstew21]

Best group ever. So sad what happened to them all however.

[Vainsfrosty]

This video is off the hook and it's really really good for it to be that old and holding firm and strong for it to be from the 60's. whoever found this video and posted it! did a heck of a good job. peace vainsfrosty from youtube videos!

[FlyingShotsOfJack]

This is good. But you know what it needs? Autotuning, Maybe some Ke$ha thrown in for taste. And a rap solo.

[Threxx1]

@FlyingShotsOfJack You are joking, right?

[Waynet126]

This song has the greatest guitar hook EVER! Thank you Robert White!

[MARILLIONROCKER45]

Oh yes, the most elegant, hip and soulful group ever. I was lucky enough to see them in their prime and this really brings back the memories and the thrill of those years in the 60's.

[kwena7]

Phew, had to play that at least 6 times! Pure magic. An eyewatering Smokey Robinson song performed by an eyepopping group of hunks.

[11polkadot1]

Can someone please -PLEASE- make a time machine and send me back to that exact moment in history? Please?

[chusuko]

Im 18 and I love these kinds of music.....

[TheEduardo9636]

orgasm to my ears

[alhovde19]

Damn, those guys were fly. What happened to talent?

[buttacudawey]

@alhovde19 GOT REPLACED BY MONEY

[momwitatitude]

This is when it was based on real tlaent and not studio made. These gentlemen were smooth as hell and sounded that way as well. The music from this era is my fave and always puts me in a good mood. True they had their demons but it isn't no different then the singers today with those same demons. TEMPS, TOPS, SUPREMES AND SMOKEY AND THE MIRALCES just to name a few are icons and the artists today still can't touch them. Thank you for the clip, it's awesome to see those moves :)

[stk6mkt]

This could very well be the finest lead vocal in the last fifty years of American pop music. Ruffin really nails it.

[Farinadog13]

While it is horrible how David Ruffin treated Tammi Terrell (and How James Brown also beat her) It did not contribute to her getting Brain Cancer. She had had symptoms going all the way back to her childhood of severe headaches. You don't get Brain Cancer from Blows to the Head. Not to defend David Ruffin, but medical facts are still facts.

[abcdefgh1234534]

Message too the 2 dislikers: This music was sang with perfection! You know nothing of good music!!!!

[emeraldrushing]

no wonder they used leon for david , i'm so used to the movie i almost forgot what they really looked like

[TheSaltydog07]

Move that camera out so I can see David move!

[athorpe630]

This is real music.

[jmoricca1]

One dislike?... must be my girl's exboyfriend.

[prianah85]

Looks like Justin Bieber is the only person who dislikes this song.



[BrownSugar253]

@prianah85

I aint no JB but I dislike this song due to the fact that David Ruffin was a woman beater...and that's why Tammi Terrell got a brain cancer because of his terrible beating. I hope he burn in hell.

[dienglee]

@BrownSugar253 True. My God, he hit Tammi in the head with a motorcycle helmet! He was also a heroine and cocaine junkie, an ego maniac, & irresponsible. bu, I guess none of that matters 'cause "he sure could sing!" The Tempts rescued him from a crappy career & made him their lead singer. He repayed them by missing rehersals & performances & insisting that they change their name to DAVID RUFFIN & the TEMPTATIONS! R u F#@%ing kidding me? But, to some of us, the worse u are the more we like u.

[SILICONALI420001]

@prianah85 guess so jealousy and envy is a mother fudge ehh(re: justin bieber

[dreemeagle]

when they WERE Motown, before Michael took their place...

[9rexun1]

One group...So many great singers. These men where master performers, fantastic singers dancers and performers. They were backed by the finest R&B musicians, Hell! Some of the greatest musicians ever. I hope the next generation can emulate or surpass theses great artists! I had the joy of watching these people perform at Clevelands' Front Row theatre the year before it closed. They made great music and music history.

[SILICONALI420001]

@9rexun1 really no one can take another place. but they can carry on from where the person left. peace am out

[44joints]

Look at the foundation on their faces. Still awesome!!

[flgal88]

True effortless genius...the Temps....thanks for posting this piece of music history

[jimbamboozled]

I've got so much honey, the bees envy me. That's my favorite line.

[blueguitarblue]

Well this certainly evokes a different mentality and presentation than rappers gone really bad. Too Far. No Warnings to Parents on this package!

[jody808]

i don't know about "rare", i've seen this at least a dozen times but it is a classic clip

[ataja2]

Thank you for upoloadin' this. LOVE The Temps!!!!!!! Always have. Always will...

[Lloydhl]

These guys were simply the BEST back in the day, and to watch these old clips is pure pleasure, how classy and smooth can you get! They had it all and shared it with us!

[GodsLilGurl100]

What can make me feel this wayy .?? My gurll uhh I mean my guy .!!

[ElusvOptmst]

Class and then some! They all most have been at least 6ft.

[wfneely1]

Here is music perfection. There will be nothing to Compare to these beautiful Brothers. You want to talk about swag, The Teamptations invented it !

[JFABULOUS007]

Singing, Steping the whole nine just awesome to say the least!

[danielglenmoore]

when u got temptation swag no one dislikes

[23LJKing]

Probably Their Best Song

Probably the Best Group Ever

Just Classic

[codadict100]

love this song temps forever

[sevensman]

TEMPTATIONS...FOREVER!!!!

[BUSMAN6000]

@sevensman U NO U RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

[Smook2002]

I am so glad that I was rised in detroit at that time. Right down the street from motown. Clairmount and 12TH street .Did'nt get any better. TEMPTATION's 4EVER.

[linchenier]

@Smook2002

WOW, how lucky were you!

[mello60ful]

Five tall drinks of cool water

[SuperRetroXD]

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! The best group in history!

[false7sab]

This video is amazingly clear! Very nice!!! Thank you for sharing! It really takes me back. During those years, the camera men were used to (white) singers just standing still so they basically focused on the face of the person singing. It always did bug me when they'd miss all of the choreography of the Temps. I was glad when Suzzane DePasse & Otis Wms showed the Temps choreograpy when they made the movie about the Temptations. The actors did a fantastic job.

[ionlywanted1thing]

this music was pure perfection in the most beautiful way

[gcpropertymanagement]

Sweetness in a time of challenge. 

[treeblesstreeofgood]

NOBODY LIKE EM..NOBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nl1962]

I like to compare musical videos of 60's and other decades, and see the evolution of the choreographies, the playing of the instruments and of course the voice performance. And I like so much that the voice of the vocalist of The Temptations (sorry, I don´t know his name) was always pure and clear as in his beginings. I admire that kind of voice.

[keaweohana]

Love the original always the best!

[lovemusic12310]

Their is no doubt that david had one hell of a voice i just wish he had not lost his way by giving up on himself and his talent

[TheDudaCouto]

Please see our Unplugged versin of this song

/watch?v=T3Uepap5Pao

[ezay8]

that wasnt even the temptations sing that song that version was off of the movie but i still liked it though.

[ricardobazh]

My girl BERL....

[MightyMite76]

Magic!!!

[megamasa1113]

デビットラフィン超カッコイイ！！！

I love David Ruffin.



[1100bubski]

Awesome video - thanks for it. So excited, I am going to see them in Medford, Oregon September 17th.

[j0eX]

I remember the next day at school, after seeing this on tv, everyone was talkin about their clothes. They set the pace, at least on Elton Avenue in the 60s. Black and white kids, both. The music then smashed all barriers.

[lala78outgoing]

wow where the talent lies back then and where the talent lies now, we have forgotten what "talent" really is.....

[PoeticTragedy16]

I love how the movie replicated their moves. It may not be 1000000% exact, but they definitely did the Temps justice. 

[view4evah]

If you liked the Temptations, you knew how to do the "Temptation Walk" :)

[herroIMlilo]

The greatest

[Lloydhl]

What a class act these guys were, such harmonies and movements, loved them then and still do, bless all of you!

[kariebeez]

Class and sophistication defined the Classic 5. I had fits over them as a kid.

[Gloriarunning]

Well alright now.

[anapaulamenezes80]

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Ooooooooo yeah

Eu não preciso de dinheiro

Fortuna ou fama

Tenho todas as riquezas babe

Que um homem pode pedir

Eu acho que você dirá

O que poderá me fazer sentir assim

Minha garota...

[dorfliedot]

David had his time to shine. And, he did a great job at it.

[QuietTinAngel]

I LOVE IT!!

[U4Know2]

@StoopidMOnkey23: In response to your request "to define class", I seriously doubt that you could understand it , considering YOU refer to yourself as "StoopidMOnkey". However, as per your request: "The word class means something that is a perfect example of a particular STYLE, something of LASTING WORTH OR TIMELESS QUALITY" (Wikipedia). Forty six years after the

release date of "My Girl" it is played all over the world daily. THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF PROFANITY AND VULGARITY ON YOUR PAGE.

[StoopidM0nkey23]

@U4Know2 Not everything on my page is profane, some of it has class.  You're too judgemental and passive aggressive. I got my username from a show that I watch.

[missycah1]

Wonderful video, the guys still had their process hairdo's. Thank you for posting.

[SuperLtrain1]

Nobody has EVER done it better!! Thanks so much for this one!

[U4Know2]

@Friend171513:

In response to your statement. "David Ruffin is not true class, but okay," I checked out your channel and postings, and there is NO DOUBT THAT YOU WOULD NOT KNOW CLASS ( let alone TRUE CLASS) IF YOU WERE HIT BROADSIDE WITH IT, to say nothing of the fact, you are tone deaf !!!!! Give it a REST!!!

[StoopidM0nkey23]

@U4Know2 Define class.

[MrLevistubbs]

the tempts on shivaree. the had the hair to go with the voices. i love the processed hair period. it's the best.

[ddsharper]

This is when it was forbidden for black performers to look into the faces of white audiences. I was alive back then.

[spiritladysoul]

wonderful, just wonderful....

[bubbles88sudss]

it's pretty rare for a video on youtube to not have dislikes. That says something...

[KRYSTALLIGHT88]

OMG I ALMOST CRYING BECAUSE I WISH I COULDVE MET THEM...OMGOSH THEY R SO HANDSOME!!! GAVE ME CHILLS LOL

[lucy661000]

My dad bought this record for my mom when they were dating, they got married soon after.:)

[coomason5]

Doesn't get any better. T/y for sharing.

[ladymuziklover]

thank u so much SixtiesPopGold 4 sharing...i like that the vid is very clear and u get to see just about all the dance moves

[HARVEYSHEL]

The greatest singing group of all time in this incarnation of Paul Eddie David Otis and Melvin. I grew up listening to them and they always brought much joy. Thanks

[Desiree50]

These guys were such good dancers.I wonder if any of them was in to tap dancing?

[bigjoemcCOY]

thankyou i listen to my girl on here all the time, and i really enjoy the movie ending with the purple suits. but this is great, the video quality makes it really enjoyable, see them bust there move. love the temps

[casablancaruffin]

IMPECCABLE!!!!!!!! A class act. None other than the TEMPTATIONS..... THANK YOU SIXTIESPOPGOLD!!!

[kickassfan]

a gem,thanxs

[pizzy333]

David looked pretty good before the crack

[batfighter8]

@pizzy333 you hooked him on it

[pizzy333]

@batfighter8 wow that was the most unfunny thing I've ever read...

[batfighter8]

@pizzy333 it was not ment to be funny i mean it...

[pizzy333]

@batfighter8 you're either not funny or incredibly stupid, pick one...

[batfighter8]

@pizzy333 im saying im serious you were the one who hooked him on it.

[pizzy333]

@batfighter8 so you chose stupid, k...

[batfighter8]

@pizzy333 no i chose sense because i saw you dealing crack

[30985116]

The best Temptations video clip on you tube!! thanks!!

[MrNathan791]

a pure thing of beauty. these men was the essense of class and beauty in motion. what a time it was.

[ekocentric]

I used to love to hear my mom and grandmother talk about how the talent shows at her elementary school on the last day of the school year.

No matter who was in that contest only one of three kids would go on to win it. It was either Al Wilson (who sang SHOW AND TELL) or David and Jimmy Ruffin in Meridian, Mississippi.

I wish that I had been born a few years earlier. It must have been an experience.

[mrjoshjones1]

Ever see a finer performance by a group with 3 superstar lead singers?

[torretto12]

this was real music

[howardjudo]

One reason this clip is so great, you actually get to see the on stage present of the Temptations, the symmetry of each member in the group is outstanding and it becomes crystal clear to the viewer eye when they line up next to each other.....

[4BellaHeike]

GREAT VIDEO !!! .♫•♪♫♪¤*¤•♪.Love this song !!! .♫•♪♫♪¤*¤•♪.THX FOR POSTING !!! Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵ƷBellaƸ̵̡Ӝ̵Ʒ

[millymille1]

Thanks for posting!

[ZeonBellZakeruga1]

where was david ruffin born?

[lovealwaysdavid]

@ZeonBellZakeruga1, David Ruffin was born in Wyanot, Mississippi, Jan 18, 1941

[77GetReady]

these guys are just too smoooooooth....as for David , one word comes to mind when I watch this clip ......COOL

[sogruno]

awesome clip thanks for the upload

[Friend171513]

@U4Know2 um, Dave Ruffin is not true class, but okay.

[thecountofbasie]

PURE CLASS...and CLASSIC...

[shaleo27]

thank you thank you thank you

[GNRSlashLover]

The audience is so lame, I would have been dancing my ass off.

[monty3509]

@GNRSlashLover the audience sucks because it was back in those times when that kind of music by african americans were not accepted

[VDubb08]

Thank you so much for this clip of the Temptations with my man David on lead, that man invented swagga , he was smooth and then Ruff and then he was bittersweet and icy hot, you couldn't comprehend him. In my opion one of the greatest singers and entertainers to live, He has more of a fan base today than back then , this mans voice had no limit, again I say thank you.

[RMO6701]

@VDubb08 Your words are vibrating through out the boundless universe....

[schuylerbshelton]

@VDubb08 - their hair was conked

[lovealwaysdavid]

I am sorry I also wanted to thank you for this wonderful treasure. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[lovealwaysdavid]

DAVID RUFFIN FINE AS HELL, GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. WE LOVE YOU AND WE MISS YOU.

[jous1rufn]

Thank you!!

[totaly52]

THANKS ! GREAT CLIP.