(You Can) Depend On Me - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Alternate 1960 version of the original 1959 ballad preformed by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles written by Berry Gordy & Smokey Robinson, released on Tamla lable. Played in the party "slow grind" scene in the movie Coolie High. Group Members: Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White, Pete Moore, Claudette Rogers, and Smokey Robinson.

Lyrics:

You, need a love, like mine
That you can depend on

When your whole worlds falling in
And you need a friend
You can depend on me

Oooo, Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'll be by your side
When you need me

When the whole world seems unfair
And no one seems to care
You can depend on me

Oooooooooo

When life seems not worth living
And nothing seems to be going right
The comforts my love will be giving
Will change your darkness to light

I'll be right by your side
When you need me

When the whole world seems unfair
And no one seems to care
You can depend on me

(You can depend on me)
Oooooo, don't you know
(You can depend on me)
Ooo, That I'll be right by your side
(You can depend on me)
Oooo, little girl, little girl, little girl
(You can depend on me)
Oooo, When you need a friend
I'm yours till the end
(You can depend on me)
{fades}

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Music

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• soul
• r&b
• blues
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• Can
• Depend
• On
• Me
• Berry
• Gordy
• Smokey
• Robinson
• Miracles
• Coolie
• High
• slow
• jam
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• Frankey
• Hoboken

[FrankeyHoboken]

After doing some more research I found out that this is the alternate version recorded in 1960, to the original version recorded in 1959. In all between 1959 and 1960 Smokey recorded 3 versions of this song for the Talma lable.

[hogan85]

i like the original version better

[FrankeyHoboken]

Actually Smokey and the Miracles first recorded "(You Can)Depend on Me" in 1960, on Talma lable. It was covered by the Temptation in 1965 on their "The Temptations Sing Smokey" album.

[williamg2552]

@FrankeyHoboken You forgot to list Miracles bass singer PETE MOORE among the credits.

[FrankeyHoboken]

@williamg2552 Thank You! I can't believe I missed that!

[gracieg56]

always loved this song by smokey thanks

[genell55]

The Miricales must Be in the rock $roll Hall of fame It's Not fair

[cynthia6637]

01/20/12

[dustee]

I remember watching the Miracles perform this song for the first at The Regal Theater in Chicago. I cried my eyes out when he sung this song. It really takes me back.

[besosmart]

Makes the hair on my neck stand up! Smokey, hope he lives forever.

[stripemister]

Any one with a sound mind after listening to this great sound must state, "truly, Doo-Wop is without a doubt the greatest sounding musioc to one's ear."

[williamg2552]

"Alternate 1960 version of the original 1959 ballad preformed by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles written by Berry Gordy & Smokey Robinson, released on Tamla lable. Played in the party "slow grind" scene in the movie Coolie High. Group Members: Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White, Claudette Rogers, and Smokey Robinson." ...and PETE MOORE

[keirra69]

This was on cooley high....great song

[hotsauce4495]

wrote these words to a girlfriend of mine in a letter about a thousand years ago,it seems. thanks for upload.

[SweetStangHeat]

NICE!