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The Temptations — My Girl
Album: Puzzle People
Avg rating:
8.1

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Total ratings: 1439









Released: 1969
Length: 2:54
Plays (last 30 days): 0
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).

I've got so much honey the bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).

Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooooh.

I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, mt girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
with my girl.
I've even got the month of May
with my girl [fade]
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There is so much stuff going on this - and it all melds together perfectly!
Just beautiful..
 kingart wrote:

Corny, sappy, almost a formula -- and one of the sweetest, most perfect songs ever written and performed! 



I Agree completely!  Thanx RP!  
 myersei wrote:

AGREED!!!!!!!

it has gotta be one of the greatest songs ever written.  seriously.  find me a person in the USA that can't sing the chorus of this song and I'll give you $1,000,000.  it's legendary.  how is it not an 11?


Some sad person gave it a 1
We'd take long drives in the beater car her dad bought her, and play oldies over and over.  Those bright summer days with her were amazing, as was the soundtrack
Don't let the Joneses get you down!
SOLID     10
Tugs at the heartstrings in the best way
Corny, sappy, almost a formula -- and one of the sweetest, most perfect songs ever written and performed! 
"Midol" parody:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9VGEBVhr1M
Gotta move this up to a 10! They'll be playing this one for another 40 years!
Lucky enough to grow up in Detroit in the 1960s. It was great times, in spite of '67.
 myersei wrote:

AGREED!!!!!!!

it has gotta be one of the greatest songs ever written.  seriously.  find me a person in the USA that can't sing the chorus of this song and I'll give you $1,000,000.  it's legendary.  how is it not an 11?

 
Is it $1,000,000.000 per person?  Get your checkbook ready; I also accept Paypal.  Great tune at any rate.
Classic
nice segue
I used to sing this to my daughter when she was a baby.  Now she sings it to her daughter.{#Daisy}
 Cynaera wrote:
I love the way this song puts a smile on my face and takes me back to a simpler time.  Solid 10. Always.{#Bounce}
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

love this classic song...
 
"...five beer, three colas, two Cuba's, three juices and one milk..." {#Sunny}
Saw these guys in London - no not that one, the one 2 hours drive from Detroit in the early 70's. Just them and a backing tape, but somehow they made it work. Those suits too.
Bless you David Ruffin (and Motown).
 SinisterDexter wrote:
The rating for this song is *only* at 8.4?!?! You've got to be kidding me!
 
AGREED!!!!!!!

it has gotta be one of the greatest songs ever written.  seriously.  find me a person in the USA that can't sing the chorus of this song and I'll give you $1,000,000.  it's legendary.  how is it not an 11?
The rating for this song is *only* at 8.4?!?! You've got to be kidding me!
Talk about having it all. I love the drums on this track. Wonderfully overproduced.

whathesaid:
 
WonderLizard wrote:
If you had to name one song that typified Motown...
 


 sirdroseph wrote:
Of course this is a great song and I could also do just fine never hearing it again.
 
But why would you want to?


Wow, two 10s in the last 3 songs.  The morning is off to a great start!
Love this. Lived there when it came out (Detroit). Great times.
I love the way this song puts a smile on my face and takes me back to a simpler time.  Solid 10. Always.{#Bounce}
This song reminds me of a warm sunny day driving down a winding road..all good
 sirdroseph wrote:
Of course this is a great song and I could also do just fine never hearing it again.
 

{#Lol}   Agreed.
Of course this is a great song and I could also do just fine never hearing it again.
One of the Top 10 "Feel Good" songs of all time!
Sweet.
What a great time this was.......
Just saw a movie about them....didn't realize that they switched and lost so many members. 
Always dug this song.  A real classic.  A great, great song.  Smoky really could write some great tunes.
I had this on a 45 when I was a kid and played it so much I literally wore it out.
That was so refreshing! Kind of like a shot of adrenalin... {#Biggrin}

{#Good-vibes} {#Bananasplit}{#Sunny}
 zipper wrote:
ah, another of my childhood soundtrack treasures from Motown. No matter how hard life kicked you, this music made it all better.
 
Word.

Great memories here. Reminds me to get this and my other LPs out and digitize them into iTunes for posterity (mine, anyway :-) not to forget convenient travel listening.

 nigelr wrote:
'Bout a 20 I'd say............
 

See that 20 and raise another 10.
'Bout a 20 I'd say............
An all-time great with a beautiful sound. Thanks for playing it.
Ive often thought if I only had one album to listen to on a deserted island it would the the "Temps" greatest hits.
instantly identifiable on the radio, back when radios had no usb cables to worry about.

 

On weekends my friends and I used to spend the night on the (nearly flat) roof of our garage in San Diego.  The radio looked like it had been run over by a truck, but it sounded great to us.  You can't worry about anything when singing along with music like this. Alright, who's got the cigarettes?



 zipper wrote:
ah, another of my childhood soundtrack treasures from Motown. No matter how hard life kicked you, this music made it all better.
 


motown at it's best. damn i love this song.
I may be 28, but this song transcends generations!!!!{#Group-hug}
ah, another of my childhood soundtrack treasures from Motown. No matter how hard life kicked you, this music made it all better.
nice change.
One of the great sing-along songs
If you had to name one song that typified Motown...
i'm covered with chill bumps. back in motown's golden years this song was HUGE
Outstanding.