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Allmusic editor David Jeffries called this song completely unsurprising, with rock-solid hook. [2] Ken Copabianco described the song: His "sex talk is good-natured and slyly insightful about love ("What Them Girls Like")" [3] XXL Magazine wrote a mixed review: "Elsewhere, he’s just straight reaching—“What Them Girls Like,” for instance, where, despite taking a cue from 2000’s Mel ...
Smokey and Motown founder Berry Gordy produced the song with an Oriental feel to it, with unusually lush-for-the-period orchestration and sweeping strings, showcasing The Miracles' harmonies and Robinson's production style. The Miracles' original version peaked number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 In 1982. Twelve years after going solo, Robinson ...
"Just to See Her" is a 1987 song written by Jimmy George and Lou Pardini and recorded by American R&B recording artist Smokey Robinson from his studio album One Heartbeat (1987). "Just to See Her" peaked at No. 7 in Cash Box and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1987. It also reached No. 2 on the R&B chart and hit No. 1 on the Adult ...
Just like Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Spinners had chalked up hits of their own too, like “Working My Way Back to You,” but “It’s a Shame,” which peaked at number four on the ...
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Al Cleveland: 4 1 27 1969: Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations, #18 UK 1978: Thelma Jones, #74 R&B 1982: Japan, #9 UK 1989: 10db, #18 R&B 1989: Alyson Williams, #44 UK "My Baby Must Be a Magician" The Marvelettes 17 8 - 1968 "If You Can Want" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 11 3 50 "Girls Girls Girls ...
The lyrics and title of the song are a tribute to R&B and soul singer Smokey Robinson. In the United States, Robinson's single " One Heartbeat " and ABC's "When Smokey Sings" were ranked in the Billboard 100 pop chart simultaneously for several weeks, including the week ending 3 October 1987, in which both songs ranked in the top 10.
Unlike almost all other singles from The Miracles, and indeed many other songs by the group, "A Love She Can Count On" has not yet been covered by major acts. This was also the case with the B-side of the single, "I Can Take A Hint", despite the fact that it was also a chart hit, reaching number 107 on the Billboard Pop chart.
Cash Box described it as "an infectious rocker that the pro belters deliver in their inimitable, ultra-commercial manner." [1]Holland-Dozier-Holland later wrote another Top 20 hit for the Miracles in 1966, "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need", which was the last song to bill the group as "the Miracles" before their name was officially changed to "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles".