I actually purchased a Smokey Robinson and a Miracles "album" in February 2001. I was 12!The album was 30 years old when I got it. I played the hell out of this song. I was just getting into music like this. I hated rap music back then, and dont really care for it now.
I wish I could go to the 60's to a house party to see how people got down to this.
If/when I get into the music industry I'm DEFINITELY going to have a live band with REAL instruments and all. If this can't encourage people to have live bands, real instruments...I don't know what can.
i lived in compton, ca. at the time and the town there was different than it is now. this guy was playing this song and another guy ask if i wanted to dance this was in back parking lot at jc penny's store soon very body was dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a masterpiece!!!....Ya see if you want to create Art you need just one ingredient- God given talent This song has beautiful, lyrics,melody and musicians that performed flawlessly. This all takes time. Today's music producers think that everything can be created by a computer and synthisizers. They also want to create music quickly. It takes time to compose and produce great music. You can not create a masterpiece like a Rembrant with a can of spray paint!!!
"My Girl Has Gone" (1965), "I Like It Like That", (1964), "Going to a Go-Go" (1965), "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (1967), and Point It Out (1968).Marvin "Marv" Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for The Miracles during the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their hits, including the 2007 Grammy Hall Of Fame inducted "The Tracks of My Tears
@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 the 1950s through the early 1970s.also Still Water Run Deep for the Fours Tops Died Sept 30.2011As a songwriter, Tarplin co-wrote Miracles hits including "Tracks of My Tears," "My Girl Has Gone" and "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage." Smokey "Robinson on solo hits such as 1979's "Cruisin" and "Being With You."
hey,mrbobbiec.dance to this,you must be joking!so u actually danced on this,not just danced to it.............you are some kind of guy.i really mean that.
It just amazes me how people claim to love numb, gutless COVER versions of a song instead of the ORIGINAL. If these artists were as talented as The Miracles , they'd write their OWN songs (like the Miracles DID), instead of copying someone elses.(STONES, PHIL COLLINS,ETC) I'm sure that sometimes it's done as a tribute to the original...but , if you can't do it at least as well ...don't do it at all. To ME , The MIRACLES' VERSION IS BY FAR THE BEST.
manohmanohmanohMAN. experience how mr. robinson managed to combine R&B, CALYPSO, HARRY BELAFONTE & THE BIG BAND sound of the 40's into this 3 minute MASTERPIECE. ALL Glory to GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can one not love this? And look at how handsome and polished they all looked! Not like today's bands... with the curse words, etc. in their lyrics. The old times are really sacred...
@MetalRealm666 you must be a metal head, have no soul or have never been to a go-go(club). Sounds like your brother has flava and you're an ac/dc or justin beiber fan.
a truly great early motown classic that has been much copied but nobody has got close to this brilliant smokey track. TAKES ME BACK OR WHAT TO THE NAGS HEAD AT WOLLASTON. !!GREAT DAYS.
@platter1000 Sorry have to disagree. Love the Stones but their version added nothing to the original and was not a distinctive re-working either (eg. Devo's "Satisfaction" -love it or hate it, or come to that Otis Redding's version of Satisfaction- now that was pacy!!
@platter1000 you have to be fu*** kidding me if you think the Stones version even comes close. I had to turn that Stones version down becaused it paled in comparison. You must just like Rock and Roll or something.
@D35TR0YTH3CH1CK3N - Not a stupid question, really. Once a song was no longer on the charts and the DJs had stopped playing it regularly, it was considered an "oldie," even if it was the same year.
this is real music..i was born in 85 (25 yrs old)..and i love this music i grew to music like this nothing like the oldies and motown..motown is my all time fave...will never stop pumpin it
99.9% of bands/solo sound like today. No feeling @ all. I've argued w/friends about how they all sound the same. They say "but, this groups is diffrent then this one" I don't see it. As someone said on here, back then country, blues, jazz, etc. ALL had their own sound. Unlike music of today.
@door2yourheart Depressing indeed. I'm out-of-touch w/most of the music today. Last weekend I went to see George Strait. As always, he was great, true country.
Marketing has killed music, I don't see how they can be so proud of themselves.
@door2yourheart Its funny how you both comment on music nowadays all sounding the same and being formulaic, but you've made this point on a motown video, a genre famous for using production line techniques to mass produce a whole load of bands and artists who all sound the same. If you can't find any music worth listening to these days, your looking in the wrong places.
@Benguin may have been massed produced but you have got to admit they were originals artist with unique sound...closest to raw soul and you could just feel the emotion in the lyrical content. Those artist were distinguishable .....what more can I say.... they were just off the chain. Unlike today
@chgosatrap Back then every thing wasn't so vanilla. Most groups/sings had such distinct voices/sound that you'd know. I'd know Marvin Gaye,etc. if I were in a vegetative state.
@gotch09 I listen to tonnes of modern stuff, that if they had a new song that I haven't heard, I would instantly know who it is just by the tone of the guitar, never mind their unique voices. I agree that a lot of pop is shit and sounds the same as the last big thing but you can't narrow it down to different eras or whatever. There are some great stuff being made today!
@CadillacL you got it. its just a "product" now no passion at all. killed by idol,got talent,xfactor. just about money, look at rnb now its a joke. m50
@CadillacL Twas always thus, and thus always will be. What you hear from the sixties, seventies, or even the eighties at this point is the music which has endured, and not been discarded as ineluctably tied to the fashions of the moment. In the present, we are awash in BOTH the wheat and the chaff, so it always appears that the past was an artistic golden age. It is nevertheless true that most of the good art lies in the past - there's simply more of it (the past) than the present.
one of thr great northernsoul tracks.. i was 13 in wolverhampton england .. this had all the guys up on the floor .....splits into james brown, cossack and a spin for the bravest..whoa..today s music is shite..
I was in Navy basic training in San Diego when this tune came out. I almost got put on report for playing this jam at 2 am in the barracks. Something came over me.
@elchangofumando Yes they had the technology to record in stereo. But surely the thing that pulls you back to videos such as this is the raw unadulterated musical talent. Unlike these days where the technology can make anyone sound good. This is music that was recorded in 5 minutes and edited in ten, not today;s over processed clap trap, where the only difference between one band and another is their name.
They mixed everything in mono back then which sucks. I would give my left nut to hear this in stereo. And they could have....All them Beatle albums are in stereo.
Ist heard this while over friends house during xmas vacation within the city of Inkster, MI just outside of Detroit in the 60's. After hearing this song...this man had me determined to marry him when I grew up. Since then every man had to look or sing like smokey LOL...
@ljiggaman No. The Miracles ALWAYS did their OWN backgrounds. The woman that you hear is Miracles member Claudette Robinson (Smokey's wife) .Also her cousin BOBBY ROGERS, PETE MOORE and RONNIE WHITE, and the lead guitar is by Miracles member MARV TARPLIN. This song was written by several of THE MIRACLES (not just Smokey) . Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers,Marv Tarplin and Smokey Robinson were the song's writers
I LOVE ME SOME MOKEY( what I used to call him when I as little) AND I'M ONLY 22!! LOL Motown has produced some of the best music on planet earth!! Today's stuff is HORRIBLE!!! I wish I had been born a few decades earlier :o)
tell me how can a SONG...over 40 years in the universe, STILL be so freakn AWESOME. LOVING that BIG BAND sound, and as ALWAYS, a classic MOTOWN intro that cannot be TOUCHED. GOD IS sooooo GOOD!!!!
this song has such a great grooooove! i'm quite young compared to this song and can kind of visualize people back then dancing to it. dumb question, is that smokey on lead? i know, very dumb!
Yes its Smokey on lead, and just cos you are young then it doesn't mean you are dumb. Understandable that you don't know so much about those far off days, but at least you are interested in finding out. Thank you for your comment, and yes we danced to it a lot!
I was there and it was just as fly as it sounds,we had a jooking good time!! I remember scanning the dance floor looking for just the right partner,and when you hit the floor it was just fun!!
Absolutely superb. I was born in the early 70's but if only I had a time machine to go back to the time this came out and to be at an age I could have enjoyed it!!!!
What a great contribution in music history, that whole era in Music, Motown Blues Rock Country so many band musicians with just a love for music pure heart talent soul and spirit and I do not think we ever see another era like this again with such talent quality and character
I wasn't born when this came out, but once I heard it back in the mid/late 80s, it instantly became one of my favorite songs. It's one of those songs that get you shaking, moving your body, even now. It truly makes me want to find a go-go. :D
Still makes me want to shake my a-- today just as it did when I was a pre-teenager. Smokey's voice, the Miracles' harmonies, and the top notch band make this a classic.
One of the greatest radio dance songs ever, which someone below noted is anchored by the awesome bassist, James Jamerson (RIP) and presumably the rest of the Funk Brothers (Motown house band). What a freakin' sound. Really, just incomparable and stands the test of time. Smokey is a genious no doubt.
My older sister always said that I was "weaned on Motown." This song is one of my first recollections. It still sends a chill down my spine -- it's incredibly GREAT!
He doesn't get a lot of recognition, but James Jamerson, the bass player, makes this and all the other Hitsville, USA recording artists the songs the hits they were. He is just in a league by himself!
I'm happy I grew up with this feel good music, it still fills my soul with joy. Now I love playing my own groove, this music will always be great inspiration. Great artists, great teachers! There is still some good R&B, do you know Mellowtheproducer? Get a load o' him on Youtube, the guy is really gooooood. A silent genius.
James Lee Jamerson playing Bass other song he playing on "Shotgun" by , "For Once in My Life", "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder, "Going to a Go-Go" by The Miracles, "My Girl" by, "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by , and later by Marvin Gaye, and most of the album What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Bernadette" by The Four Tops, and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes.
Somebody tell me,,,,,,,,,,,,Did I hear this come out first.....or did I hear "Mickey's Monkey"?? I''m all messed up....... My Mom's nickname was"Mickey".................so, of course my uncles were not fun to be around with my dad!!!!
pukka pukka x
andy1234pandy 5 days ago
I actually purchased a Smokey Robinson and a Miracles "album" in February 2001. I was 12!The album was 30 years old when I got it. I played the hell out of this song. I was just getting into music like this. I hated rap music back then, and dont really care for it now.
I wish I could go to the 60's to a house party to see how people got down to this.
coolwafferman 2 weeks ago
If/when I get into the music industry I'm DEFINITELY going to have a live band with REAL instruments and all. If this can't encourage people to have live bands, real instruments...I don't know what can.
awarren92 1 month ago
i lived in compton, ca. at the time and the town there was different than it is now. this guy was playing this song and another guy ask if i wanted to dance this was in back parking lot at jc penny's store soon very body was dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
maplebar67 2 months ago
@maplebar67 very cool.
Aldebaron9 3 days ago
What a masterpiece!!!....Ya see if you want to create Art you need just one ingredient- God given talent This song has beautiful, lyrics,melody and musicians that performed flawlessly. This all takes time. Today's music producers think that everything can be created by a computer and synthisizers. They also want to create music quickly. It takes time to compose and produce great music. You can not create a masterpiece like a Rembrant with a can of spray paint!!!
TallcooooooooooolOne 2 months ago
"My Girl Has Gone" (1965), "I Like It Like That", (1964), "Going to a Go-Go" (1965), "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (1967), and Point It Out (1968).Marvin "Marv" Tarplin (June 13, 1941 – September 30, 2011) was an American guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for The Miracles during the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their hits, including the 2007 Grammy Hall Of Fame inducted "The Tracks of My Tears
loosestudios 3 months ago
@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 the 1950s through the early 1970s.also Still Water Run Deep for the Fours Tops Died Sept 30.2011As a songwriter, Tarplin co-wrote Miracles hits including "Tracks of My Tears," "My Girl Has Gone" and "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage." Smokey "Robinson on solo hits such as 1979's "Cruisin" and "Being With You."
loosestudios 3 months ago
hey,mrbobbiec.dance to this,you must be joking!so u actually danced on this,not just danced to it.............you are some kind of guy.i really mean that.
beans1308 4 months ago
I'll always remember this song, it was the 1st record I danced on.
MrBobbieC 5 months ago in playlist smokey and the miracles
i love the guitars sync! i love the sound, i love this song
nchoney3 5 months ago
this is a classic. i like this song
domdiva75 5 months ago
oooooh that drum intro yum
baileyboolinda 6 months ago
It just amazes me how people claim to love numb, gutless COVER versions of a song instead of the ORIGINAL. If these artists were as talented as The Miracles , they'd write their OWN songs (like the Miracles DID), instead of copying someone elses.(STONES, PHIL COLLINS,ETC) I'm sure that sometimes it's done as a tribute to the original...but , if you can't do it at least as well ...don't do it at all. To ME , The MIRACLES' VERSION IS BY FAR THE BEST.
williamg2552 6 months ago
just a youngsta growing up watching everybody partying and cruseing broadway and studiowest fun times!!!
curtisaparicio 7 months ago
hard to believe that it was 40-some years ago when I was in high school dancin to this...doin the Boston Monkey.....sweet memories
sister1165 7 months ago 3
manohmanohmanohMAN. experience how mr. robinson managed to combine R&B, CALYPSO, HARRY BELAFONTE & THE BIG BAND sound of the 40's into this 3 minute MASTERPIECE. ALL Glory to GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tofelt 7 months ago
How can one not love this? And look at how handsome and polished they all looked! Not like today's bands... with the curse words, etc. in their lyrics. The old times are really sacred...
gv
333gv 8 months ago
Wonderful song!
Teflon65 8 months ago
Yay MOTown @adamlambert do you likee?
idelia52 8 months ago
Sorry, folks; at the end of the day, it's the Secret Affair version that does it for me. Not to say that this isn't great stuff.
zarkbot88 9 months ago
NOW I´M DANCING IT WITH MY MOTHER/ AHORA LO ESTOY BAILANDO CON MI MADRE...
Montanarus 10 months ago
MOTOWN FOR EVER...!!!
Montanarus 10 months ago
GO MOTOWN!!!!!!!!
cortez33459 10 months ago
certainly was a trailblazer in every respect....
callonthesly 10 months ago
It's 45 years now- still sounds like new!
billchew450 11 months ago
Smoking hot! =)
Tidefan324 11 months ago
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This is an awful song. My brother keeps annoying me to listen this song
MetalRealm666 11 months ago
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@MetalRealm666 you're brain DEAD!!
dagovan 10 months ago
@MetalRealm666 you must be a metal head, have no soul or have never been to a go-go(club). Sounds like your brother has flava and you're an ac/dc or justin beiber fan.
bmoreed 10 months ago
im only 23 & love this music!
treysbabii 11 months ago 2
This is a great collection of stills that visually brings 1965 back with this great Motown track - Nice job!
playJ45 11 months ago
this is for my 2 birthday ladies eileen/frani....and it's for me too....yep we all 3 moved to this one back in the day
robertpintozzi 1 year ago
A blast to the past. Now these were the good old days!! Thanks for posting. Love this song.
wachamov 1 year ago 2
a truly great early motown classic that has been much copied but nobody has got close to this brilliant smokey track. TAKES ME BACK OR WHAT TO THE NAGS HEAD AT WOLLASTON. !!GREAT DAYS.
rollernick49 1 year ago
this is good but i think the stones version is more exciting and more upbeat...get down
platter1000 1 year ago
@platter1000 Sorry have to disagree. Love the Stones but their version added nothing to the original and was not a distinctive re-working either (eg. Devo's "Satisfaction" -love it or hate it, or come to that Otis Redding's version of Satisfaction- now that was pacy!!
dricky27 11 months ago
@platter1000 now why'd you say that. Now I'm going to have to listen to them.
bmoreed 10 months ago
@platter1000 you have to be fu*** kidding me if you think the Stones version even comes close. I had to turn that Stones version down becaused it paled in comparison. You must just like Rock and Roll or something.
bmoreed 10 months ago
as a brit and listening to the local crap this was a breath of fresh air
TheRikerman 1 year ago
stunning opening bars.......dancefloor here I come
oiyoumuppet 1 year ago
this is going to sound stupid, but back when this (and many other songs) were made, were they still considered oldies? Awsome song by the way
D35TR0YTH3CH1CK3N 1 year ago
@D35TR0YTH3CH1CK3N I remember this song, and at least I didn't think of it as a oldie then. I was like 14, and didn't know what a "oldie" was anyway.
gotch09 1 year ago
@D35TR0YTH3CH1CK3N - Not a stupid question, really. Once a song was no longer on the charts and the DJs had stopped playing it regularly, it was considered an "oldie," even if it was the same year.
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NeilsBack127870 1 year ago
this is real music..i was born in 85 (25 yrs old)..and i love this music i grew to music like this nothing like the oldies and motown..motown is my all time fave...will never stop pumpin it
bronxkidd23 1 year ago
What a great track how could any one who likes music not like this class track .
oldpatcole 1 year ago
I was bout 7 or 8 and I can still remember trying to dance to this song like I saw on the teen dance shows like Shindig or Where The Action Is lol
belladeballe 1 year ago
@belladeballe Gee, didn't you watch "Hulabaloo" with the go-go girls!? :-)
Lisica2008 1 year ago
Sounds like "Fortunate son"
ramses1401 1 year ago
@ramses1401 I don't hear it, but fortunate son was recorded years after this song. So it would be the other way around.
letmein1541 1 year ago
@letmein1541 i mean the beginnig of the song...sounds the same.
ramses1401 1 year ago
I like the drumbeat on this song.
countrysinger1952 1 year ago
99.9% of bands/solo sound like today. No feeling @ all. I've argued w/friends about how they all sound the same. They say "but, this groups is diffrent then this one" I don't see it. As someone said on here, back then country, blues, jazz, etc. ALL had their own sound. Unlike music of today.
CadillacL 1 year ago 18
@CadillacL Totally agree with you! So depressingly formulaic nowadays! Less passion, more marketing/flavour of the month!
door2yourheart 1 year ago
@door2yourheart Depressing indeed. I'm out-of-touch w/most of the music today. Last weekend I went to see George Strait. As always, he was great, true country.
Marketing has killed music, I don't see how they can be so proud of themselves.
CadillacL 1 year ago
@door2yourheart Its funny how you both comment on music nowadays all sounding the same and being formulaic, but you've made this point on a motown video, a genre famous for using production line techniques to mass produce a whole load of bands and artists who all sound the same. If you can't find any music worth listening to these days, your looking in the wrong places.
Benguin 2 months ago 4
@Benguin Thanks! yaaawn!
door2yourheart 2 months ago
@Benguin every motown star had thier own identity and style.
go comment on a lady gaga video you tool
lewisboxer84 2 months ago
@lewisboxer84 Yeah the stars did, but most of them had the same backing band and the songs were pretty much always written for them.
Benguin 2 months ago
@Benguin may have been massed produced but you have got to admit they were originals artist with unique sound...closest to raw soul and you could just feel the emotion in the lyrical content. Those artist were distinguishable .....what more can I say.... they were just off the chain. Unlike today
TheMidcoast1 1 month ago
@CadillacL Ain't THAT the truth! Today's music is flash in the pan crud. Smokey is forever.
Gerry50ify 1 year ago
@CadillacL there were certain singers/groups back then, all they did was to sing the 1st note and you knew who it was singing.
gotch09 10 months ago 21
@gotch09
You ain't NEVER lied! You know your stuff, Gotch!
chgosatrap 10 months ago
@chgosatrap Back then every thing wasn't so vanilla. Most groups/sings had such distinct voices/sound that you'd know. I'd know Marvin Gaye,etc. if I were in a vegetative state.
gotch09 10 months ago
@gotch09 I listen to tonnes of modern stuff, that if they had a new song that I haven't heard, I would instantly know who it is just by the tone of the guitar, never mind their unique voices. I agree that a lot of pop is shit and sounds the same as the last big thing but you can't narrow it down to different eras or whatever. There are some great stuff being made today!
RyanSTH94 2 weeks ago
@CadillacL Your just listening to the wrong music.
AsTimeDilates 4 months ago
@CadillacL you got it. its just a "product" now no passion at all. killed by idol,got talent,xfactor. just about money, look at rnb now its a joke. m50
mfactor88 4 months ago
@CadillacL Twas always thus, and thus always will be. What you hear from the sixties, seventies, or even the eighties at this point is the music which has endured, and not been discarded as ineluctably tied to the fashions of the moment. In the present, we are awash in BOTH the wheat and the chaff, so it always appears that the past was an artistic golden age. It is nevertheless true that most of the good art lies in the past - there's simply more of it (the past) than the present.
FeynmanFan 1 month ago
down the Scene and the Last Chance this got us going on the floor
regards
jimmy
julyarchives 1 year ago
This is my favorite Miracles song. I like to play it back to back with Dancing in the Streets.
aftereight01 1 year ago
this tune was probably the first to get everyone dancing in its time
regards
jimmy
julyarchives 1 year ago
This first 5 seconds or so of music is the work of Benny Benjamin and Eddie "Bongo" Brown, drums and congas.
NaturalTVtm 1 year ago
and with Jack Ashford on the tambourine.
Smokey's wife, Claudette, is singing backup also. That's her pic at about 1:10!
NaturalTVtm 1 year ago
love it takes me away from my woes
Jan9902 1 year ago
Takes me back to those soul dances at Detroit St. Gabriels. Thanks for posting.
billyjo1881 1 year ago
That's a helluva bass line.
chmoodle 1 year ago
@chmoodle
It's called
James Jamerson, he owns that sound!
He was the pre eminent Motown bass on almost every major Mo hit!
It does not get any better anywhere!
NaturalTVtm 1 year ago
Ooooohhhh - this is too funky - bout to choke from the smoke.
CheckMate657879 1 year ago
Great Sound!!! Classic Smokey and Motown!!! I'm Glad that these Motown artists got to show the world just how talented they were!!!!!
d19j62 1 year ago
What an opening! Great Tune.....The original and the best
oiyoumuppet 1 year ago
great party song......smokey used to know how to write em very well......
74TheJoker 1 year ago
Can't beat this hot tune, got a groove to go to a Go Go myself. ;)
Zippertheslipper 1 year ago
@Zippertheslipper it doesn't matter if you go stag, it doesn't matter if you go drag!
MerleOberon 1 year ago
Classic, I love Phil Collins version even better
lattlay 1 year ago
@lattlay Ur don't think so, Phil Collins not in the same league, but everyone's entitled to their opinion. Respect.
floppybollox3 1 year ago
one of thr great northernsoul tracks.. i was 13 in wolverhampton england .. this had all the guys up on the floor .....splits into james brown, cossack and a spin for the bravest..whoa..today s music is shite..
mlcll1 1 year ago
Don't know much about Smokey, but was wondering who the lady standing next to him is in the photo in front of Motown headquarters.
mssusan1961 1 year ago
rap has nothing at all on Motown this muisc will live on forever
kenbaltimore90s 1 year ago 3
simply FANTASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTIC!!!!!!
nineballersta 1 year ago
this song makes me think of driving in a lincoln.. or a big buick.. something fly and characteristic of that era
felixicon 1 year ago
My Favourite By My Favourite Smokey--and Of Course The Year Was 1966---The Best Year Ever For Music !!!!
93KHJBOSSRADIO 1 year ago
@93KHJBOSSRADIO hey , it was 65
Sheven718 1 year ago
this is the real deal, today's music is so sad
mrspock61 1 year ago
ooh ooh ooh baby what a great song!
gteraka 1 year ago 2
This music sure brings back memories of the early sixties, basement parties. Better days when parties were fun.
traysongzlover1 1 year ago 4
got hipped to this song while workn at starbucks. great song. smokey was and still is a music genius...
scottfree727 1 year ago
just superb.
Jan9902 1 year ago
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I was in Navy basic training in San Diego when this tune came out. I almost got put on report for playing this jam at 2 am in the barracks. Something came over me.
Dibs to Smokie and the Miracles.
loverunderground 1 year ago
I was in Navy basic school in San Diego when this song came out. I almost got put on report playing this tune at 2 a.m. in
the morning in the barracks. Something came over me. Dibs to Smokie.
loverunderground 1 year ago 8
Happy B day Smoke!!
jaquestraw1 1 year ago
what an opening!!.....Brilliant sound that makes me get out of the chair every time!!
jelboysvw 1 year ago 5
Thanks for this! Mad memories come flooding back!
elchangofumando 2 years ago 4
@elchangofumando Yes they had the technology to record in stereo. But surely the thing that pulls you back to videos such as this is the raw unadulterated musical talent. Unlike these days where the technology can make anyone sound good. This is music that was recorded in 5 minutes and edited in ten, not today;s over processed clap trap, where the only difference between one band and another is their name.
iandyer 1 year ago
They mixed everything in mono back then which sucks. I would give my left nut to hear this in stereo. And they could have....All them Beatle albums are in stereo.
JackHauss 2 years ago
Motown beats European Invasion by a long shot.
2godbetheglory18 2 years ago 4
I always loved this song...but now when I hear it...I think of the youtube clip "white guy caught dancing at best buy" THAT is hilarious!!!!!!!!
Tammicat21 2 years ago
@Tammicat21 haha, me too!
boogiechillen123 2 years ago
Early 66-where the action is-a favorite dance tune on the show. Where I recall hearing it the first time
hdwell 2 years ago 3
Ist heard this while over friends house during xmas vacation within the city of Inkster, MI just outside of Detroit in the 60's. After hearing this song...this man had me determined to marry him when I grew up. Since then every man had to look or sing like smokey LOL...
TheMidcoast1 2 years ago 2
If you're a motown fan you might appreciate the 'stax label' they too produced some great music including Isaac Hayes, etc
marshmellow765 2 years ago 3
RIP BENNY BENJAMIN.
izarac88 2 years ago 4
@izarac88
good catch!
Yes, RIP!
NaturalTVtm 1 year ago
Sounds like the supremes in the backround?!!!
ljiggaman 2 years ago
@ljiggaman No. The Miracles ALWAYS did their OWN backgrounds. The woman that you hear is Miracles member Claudette Robinson (Smokey's wife) .Also her cousin BOBBY ROGERS, PETE MOORE and RONNIE WHITE, and the lead guitar is by Miracles member MARV TARPLIN. This song was written by several of THE MIRACLES (not just Smokey) . Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers,Marv Tarplin and Smokey Robinson were the song's writers
williamg2552 1 year ago
@williamg2552
Hi William!! How ya been?
Smokey is the B E S T !!
chgosatrap 1 year ago
I was a young teen when my brother bought this.....and it had such a huge influence on me for the rest of my life.
Awesome
jelboysvw 2 years ago
FUN!!! FUNNEST SONG EVER <3 it!!!!!- I have this album on vinyl ;)sweeeettt Legend!
emzypoo3 2 years ago 2
Great song--super beat!!! 1964 or 1965--I had this album..it also had ooh baby baby on it
ukcatfan36 2 years ago 2
this is the man
kickassfan 2 years ago 2
Now this is music!
Woo5ter 2 years ago 21
I LOVE ME SOME MOKEY( what I used to call him when I as little) AND I'M ONLY 22!! LOL Motown has produced some of the best music on planet earth!! Today's stuff is HORRIBLE!!! I wish I had been born a few decades earlier :o)
gomoni87 2 years ago 3
you can drum on the table!!! lol
Jan9902 2 years ago
the wonderful motown bringing back memories of the sixties
Bleema3 2 years ago
tell me how can a SONG...over 40 years in the universe, STILL be so freakn AWESOME. LOVING that BIG BAND sound, and as ALWAYS, a classic MOTOWN intro that cannot be TOUCHED. GOD IS sooooo GOOD!!!!
tofelt 2 years ago 2
One of the HOTTEST bass licks ever!! James Jamerson! Funk Brothers! If you don't know, now you know!!!
evrhrd 2 years ago 3
Takes you back to the Dungeon, Nottingham in the 60's!!!!!!
bigboidanng8 2 years ago
go go go
Localulu27 2 years ago
One of my favorite hits from the 60's. Sounds as great now as it did then.
gotch09 2 years ago
Mod classic
electrarelic 2 years ago 2
am i the only one that thought they said "Going to a Boat Show" when I first heard it?
great song.
boogiechillen123 2 years ago
yes
Jan9902 2 years ago
Check the drums...yeah...you know a Motown groove by it's backing band.
MsTexas73 2 years ago 5
fantastic haven't heard this since the sixties, wow
Jan9902 2 years ago
can you believe that the Strolling Bones tried to cover this? So sad.
barpypardlo 2 years ago 2
Gets you on the floor this eh........ 10 out of 10 KOKTF
rodderss52 2 years ago
MIRACLES member MARV TARPLIN'S guitar licks sound pretty good TOO. (also, he co- wrote it with fellow Miracles Bobby,Smokey, and Pete.
williamg2552 2 years ago
OTHER GROUPS may be COOL...
But THE MIRACLES RULE !!
williamg2552 2 years ago 2
thanks door2yourheart!
you've really got a hold on me, another great one! great username by the way.
keep on grooooving...
monet4ever101 2 years ago
this song has such a great grooooove! i'm quite young compared to this song and can kind of visualize people back then dancing to it. dumb question, is that smokey on lead? i know, very dumb!
monet4ever101 2 years ago 4
Yes its Smokey on lead, and just cos you are young then it doesn't mean you are dumb. Understandable that you don't know so much about those far off days, but at least you are interested in finding out. Thank you for your comment, and yes we danced to it a lot!
door2yourheart 2 years ago 3
@door2yourheart ..we used to dance "the duck" to that one! lol
nakohead415 1 year ago
@nakohead415 I can just imagine it, lol!!
door2yourheart 1 year ago
oh yeaaah! me, too - This is when we had block parties and dancin' in the street! always looked forward to the summer months and dancin'!
Sianna53 2 years ago
I was there and it was just as fly as it sounds,we had a jooking good time!! I remember scanning the dance floor looking for just the right partner,and when you hit the floor it was just fun!!
ladymakini 2 years ago
Smokey RULES!!!!!!!
kickassfan 2 years ago
Absolutely superb. I was born in the early 70's but if only I had a time machine to go back to the time this came out and to be at an age I could have enjoyed it!!!!
Blabloo72 2 years ago
What a great contribution in music history, that whole era in Music, Motown Blues Rock Country so many band musicians with just a love for music pure heart talent soul and spirit and I do not think we ever see another era like this again with such talent quality and character
rtruss40 2 years ago 7
Totally agree rtruss40. Sad that much of todays music is so formulaic, bland and predictable. Thanks for the comment!
door2yourheart 2 years ago 2
I wasn't born when this came out, but once I heard it back in the mid/late 80s, it instantly became one of my favorite songs. It's one of those songs that get you shaking, moving your body, even now. It truly makes me want to find a go-go. :D
mykalroze 2 years ago 2
I love this tune. Maybe my favorite Smokey song.
custardflan 2 years ago 6
My fave too! Thanks for commenting.
door2yourheart 2 years ago
Still makes me want to shake my a-- today just as it did when I was a pre-teenager. Smokey's voice, the Miracles' harmonies, and the top notch band make this a classic.
steelydad 2 years ago 2
One of the greatest radio dance songs ever, which someone below noted is anchored by the awesome bassist, James Jamerson (RIP) and presumably the rest of the Funk Brothers (Motown house band). What a freakin' sound. Really, just incomparable and stands the test of time. Smokey is a genious no doubt.
joemysteryguitar 2 years ago 3
My older sister always said that I was "weaned on Motown." This song is one of my first recollections. It still sends a chill down my spine -- it's incredibly GREAT!
radam238 2 years ago
Love this song it's incredible,great groove.
alexrebuxx 2 years ago 3
Who doesn't like this song?!?
I want to dance!!
herasfolly 2 years ago 6
He doesn't get a lot of recognition, but James Jamerson, the bass player, makes this and all the other Hitsville, USA recording artists the songs the hits they were. He is just in a league by himself!
vduffins 2 years ago 5
Soulful I love the drum beat thanks.
Redcar43 2 years ago
so brill as Smokey is,so kick ass
kickassfan 2 years ago
I'm happy I grew up with this feel good music, it still fills my soul with joy. Now I love playing my own groove, this music will always be great inspiration. Great artists, great teachers! There is still some good R&B, do you know Mellowtheproducer? Get a load o' him on Youtube, the guy is really gooooood. A silent genius.
gtao22 2 years ago
I feel the urge to go to a store near by and just start dancing.
goojetti 2 years ago
James Lee Jamerson playing Bass other song he playing on "Shotgun" by , "For Once in My Life", "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder, "Going to a Go-Go" by The Miracles, "My Girl" by, "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by , and later by Marvin Gaye, and most of the album What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Bernadette" by The Four Tops, and "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes.
loosestudios 2 years ago 2
Somebody tell me,,,,,,,,,,,,Did I hear this come out first.....or did I hear "Mickey's Monkey"?? I''m all messed up....... My Mom's nickname was"Mickey".................so, of course my uncles were not fun to be around with my dad!!!!
notdiane 2 years ago
smokin' HOT!
I <3 Smokey
delaytje 2 years ago
In those days my car would be a 1964 ford mustang and my appearance would be a suit and tie at the time.
saltcar8 2 years ago
RIght on I just bought a 1964 Ford Thunderbird!!!!
WOop WOop
nicoliomytoe 2 years ago 2
my auto instructor has a 64 thunderbird sitting outside the shop all wrecked up. how much did you bought it for?
saltcar8 2 years ago
$1,000
nicoliomytoe 2 years ago
Now this was music man, what's happened to todays music though?
SuperGogito3000 2 years ago
Corruption & greed.
PullyElbow27 2 years ago
Sigh.. makes you realise how crappy soul/ rhythm and blues have become..dirty, nasty and just plain undanceable.
Funny how you appreciate what isn't there anymore.. Bring back good music.
herasfolly 2 years ago 11
Puts the Stones version to shame really!!
nyikaandthepeople 2 years ago 4
This makes me want to put my dancin shoes on. Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!
glennobbia 2 years ago
Top Miracles track! ktf
soulchosen 2 years ago 2
ABSOLUTELY FANTABULOUS!!!!!!!
meowmix1012 3 years ago 2
FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ToeIn2194 3 years ago 2
A real favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing it wit heveryone.
rdf1947 3 years ago