I Want a Love I Can See
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| “I Want a Love I Can See” | |||||
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| Single by The Temptations from the album Meet the Temptations |
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| B-side | "The Further You Look, the Less You See" | ||||
| Released | March 18, 1963 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); January 31 & February 1, 1963 | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 2:30 | ||||
| Label | Gordy G 7015 |
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| Writer(s) | Smokey Robinson |
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| Producer | Smokey Robinson | ||||
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"I Want a Love I Can See" is a 1963 single by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The single was the group's first A-side to be written and produced by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson. [1] Robinson had previously written the B-side "Slow Down Heart", but for over the past year Berry Gordy, Jr. had been The Temptations' main producer.
Although "I Want a Love I Can See" did not chart nationaly, the song was a smash regional hit in some parts of the country and would continue to be used as part of the Temptations' onstage repertoire. Two of the group's live performances of the song were later released and the group's 2001 lineup made a studio remake (renamed "A Love I Can See") for The Temptations album "Awesome".
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Paul Williams
- Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Al Bryant, and Otis Williams
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
[edit] Notes
- ^ Williams, Otis and Weinger, Harry (2002). My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations [CD liner notes]. New York: Motown/Universal Records.
