Miracles discography

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This is a discography for the Motown group The Miracles.

Contents

[edit] Singles

[edit] The Miracles

First releases
  • "Got a Job" (1958, End)
  • "Your Love (Is All I Need)" (1958, Fury)
  • "I Cry" (1958, End)
  • "I Need a Change" (1959, Chess)
Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Song title US pop chart US R&B chart UK pop chart
1959 "It"1 - - -
1959 "Bad Girl"2 93 - -
1959 "The Feeling Is So Fine"3 - - -
1960 "Way Over There"4 94 - -
1960 "Shop Around"/
"Who's Lovin' You"
2 1 -
1961 "Ain't It Baby" 49 15 -
1961 "Mighty Good Lovin'"/
"Broken Hearted"
51/
97
21 -
1961 "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" 52 11 -
1961 "What's So Good About Goodbye"/
"I've Been Good to You"
35/
1035
16 -
1962 "I'll Try Something New" 39 11 -
1962 "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" 8 1 -
1963 "A Love She Can Count On"/
"I Can Take a Hint"
31/
1076
21 -
1963 "Mickey's Monkey" 8 3 -
1963 "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" 35 17 -
1963 "The Christmas Song"7 - - -
1964 "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" 59 12 -
1964 "I Like It Like That" 27 10 -
1964 "That's What Love Is Made Of" 35 9 -
1964 "Come On, Do the Jerk" 50 22 -
1965 "Ooo Baby Baby" 16 4 -
1965 "The Tracks of My Tears" 16 2 9
1965 "My Girl Has Gone" 14 3 -
1965 "Going to a Go-Go"/
"Choosey Beggar"
11 2/
35
44
1966 "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart" 46 20 -
1966 "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" 17 4 13^ 
  • 1 - Also issued on Argo; credited as "Ron & Bill", aka Ronnie White and Bill "Smokey" Robinson
  • 2 - Also released on Chess
  • 3 - Only 4 copies released after Motown withdrew single
  • 4 - re-released in 1962
  • 5 - peaked at #3 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart
  • 6 - peaked at #7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart
  • 7 - released only as a promo single

^  Peaked at UK #45 on original issue in 1966. 1971 reissue peaked at #13.

[edit] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

(same members, name changed to spotlight lead singer)

Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Song title US pop chart US R&B chart UK pop chart
1967 "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" 20 10 -
1967 "More Love" 23 5 -
1967 "I Second That Emotion" 4 1 27
1968 "If You Can Want" 11 3 50
1968 "Yester Love" 31 9 -
1968 "Special Occasion" 26 4 -
1969 "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" 8 3 -
1969 "Here I Go Again"/
"Doggone Right"
37
32
15
7
-
1969 "Abraham, Martin & John" 33 16 -
1969 "Point It Out"/
"Darling Dear"
37
100
4
1970 "Who's Gonna Take the Blame" 46 9 -
1970 "The Tears of a Clown" 1 1 1
1971 "I Don't Blame You At All" 18 7 11
1971 "Crazy About the La La" 56 20 -
1971 "Satisfaction" 49 20 -
1972 "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" 46 9 -
1972 "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" 45 21 -
1976 "The Tears of a Clown" - - 341
  • 1 - re-released in the UK in 1976


[edit] The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)

Tamla (Motown) releases
Year Song title US pop chart US R&B chart UK pop chart
1973 "Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)" 56 26 -
1973 "Give Me Just Another Day" 1111 47 -
1974 "Do It Baby" 13 4 -
1974 "Don't Cha Love It" 78 4 -
1975 "Gemini" 1012 43 -
1975 "Love Machine - Pt. 1" 1 5 3
1976 "Night Life" - 60 -
  • 1 - peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
  • 2 - peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
Columbia releases (as "The Miracles featuring Billy Griffin")
Year Song title US pop chart US R&B chart UK pop chart
1977 "Spy for Brotherhood" 1041 37 -
1977 "I Can Touch the Sky" - - -
1978 "Mean Machine" - 55 -
  • 1 - peaked at number four on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.

[edit] Albums

[edit] The Miracles

Tamla (Motown) releases

[edit] Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Tamla (Motown) releases

[edit] The Miracles (with Billy Griffin)

Tamla (Motown) releases
  • Renaissance (1973) US: #174
  • Do It Baby (1974) US: #41
  • Don't Cha Love It (1975) US: #96
  • City of Angels (1975) US: #33
  • The Power of Music (1976) US: #178
  • Greatest Hits (1977)
Columbia releases
  • Love Crazy (1977) US: #117
  • The Miracles (1978)

[edit] Compilations

Motown releases
  • Anthology (1974, re-released in 1986, 1995, and 2002 with different tracklistings) US: #97
  • The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Collection (1994)
  • The Ultimate Collection (1999)

[edit] DVDs