Cruisin' (song)

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"Cruisin'" is a 1979 single written, produced, and recorded by Smokey Robinson for Motown Records' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with The Miracles, "Cruisin" peaked at number-four on the Billboard Hot 100. It is included on Robinson's ninth studio album, Where There's Smoke....

A number of covers of the song have been recorded over the years:

• Heavy metal group Beowülf covered "Cruisin'" on their 1988 album Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track
• Neo soul musician D'Angelo covered "Cruisin'" on his 1995 album Brown Sugar
  • #53 on the Billboard Hot 100
  • #10 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
• Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis covered the song for the soundtrack of the 2000 film Duets
  • #9 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart
  • #1 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart
  • #1 on the ARIA Charts in Australia in 2001 for two weeks

Preceded by "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus

Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single (Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis version) January 14, 2001 - January 21, 2001

Succeeded by "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes