Artist
The Miracles
The Miracles appears 2 times in our Soul and Sung to Someone lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Soul and Sung to Someone
- Year
- 1965
- Highest placing
- No. 7 in Soul
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
The Tracks of My Tears
1965 · Tamla
Ranked No. 7 in Soul
Smokey Robinson's writing at its most economical — one metaphor, held for three minutes and never over-explained. Dylan reportedly called him America's greatest living poet, and this is the exhibit.
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The Tracks of My Tears
1965 · Tamla
Picked by Sung to Someone
"Take a good look at my face" is an instruction, given to one person, by a man asking to be examined. Smokey Robinson wrote the most-quoted metaphor in soul music and then pinned it to a request he needs somebody to answer.
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