My Girl Has Gone

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“My Girl Has Gone”
Single by The Miracles from the album Going to a Go-Go
B-side	"Since You Won My Heart"
Released	September 22, 1965
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A): 1965
Genre	Soul/pop
Length	2:54
Label	Tamla T 54123
Writer(s)	Smokey Robinson Ronald White Warren Moore Marvin Tarplin
Producer	Smokey Robinson
The Miracles singles chronology
"The Tracks Of My Tears" (1965) "My Girl Has Gone" (1965) "Going to a Go-Go"/ "Choosey Beggar" (1965)

"My Girl Has Gone" is a 1965 R&B single recorded by The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. Included on their 1965 album Going to a Go-Go, "My Girl Has Gone" was the follow-up to the group's number 16 Billboard Hot 100 hit "The Tracks Of My Tears".

Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin, the single peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and at number three on Billboard's R&B singles chart. According to Robinson, Moore, and Bobby Rogers, the inspiration behind "My Girl Has Gone" was the guitar riffs of Miracles member Marv Tarplin, who also inspired "The Tracks of My Tears". ^[1] As with many Miracles songs, the lyrics of "My Girl has Gone" describe the end of the narrator's relationship with his lover:

My girl has gone, and said goodbye

Don't you cry, hold your head up high

Don't give up, give love one more try,

'Cause there's a right girl for every guy.

"My Girl Has Gone" has been covered by artists such as Etienne Daho and Motown labelmate Bobby Taylor. The Miracles can be seen performing "My Girl Has Gone" on the Motown DVD release, " Smokey Robinson & The Miracles : The Definitive Performances" .

[edit] Credits

• Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
• Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White, and Bobby Rogers.
• Guitar by Marv Tarplin
• Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

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