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Certain Songs #2677: The Temptations – “My Girl”

August 22, 2023 by Jim Connelly

Album: The Temptations Sing Smokey
Year: 1964

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The first thing you hear on “My Girl” — a song that features a quite a few firsts — is the steady rolling bassline of Funk Brother James Jamerson, who was unsung at the time, but in retrospect was clearly one of the most important musicians of the 20th century.

Funk Brother Benny Benjamin joins Jamerson with a quick roll, setting the up immortal opening couplet of “My Girl,” which features Funk Brother Robert White playing a spidery hook underneath David Ruffin’s utterly sublime rendition of Smokey Robinson’s words. Everybody sing!

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Certain Songs #619: Hoodoo Gurus – “My Girl”

August 11, 2016 by Jim Connelly

hoodoo gurus my girl Album: Stoneage Romeos
Year: 1984

“My Girl” was the last song on the U.S. version of Stoneage Romeos, and — for me, at least — was a stellar ending to an album that completely resonated with my circle of friends.

How much did it resonate? It came in #4 on KFSRs year-end DJ poll, behind R.E.M., The Toy Dolls & XTC, and beating out The Smiths & U2.

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