My Girl

E292565
single song

"My Girl" is a classic 1964 soul song by The Temptations, celebrated for its smooth vocals, memorable bassline, and enduring status as one of Motown's signature hits.

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Label Occurrences
My Girl canonical 19

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
backingVocalist Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
Melvin Franklin ⓘ
Otis Williams ⓘ
Paul Williams ⓘ
BsideOfSingle Nobody But My Baby ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateReachedNumberOneUS 1965-03-06 ⓘ
featuresStringArrangementBy Detroit Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
surface form: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBasslinePerformer James Jamerson ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
surface form: Hall & Oates

Otis Redding ⓘ
Westlife ⓘ
hasDrumsPerformer Benny Benjamin ⓘ
hasFamousLyric I guess youd say what can make me feel this way ⓘ
Ive got so much honey the bees envy me ⓘ
Ive got sunshine on a cloudy day ⓘ
My girl, talkin bout my girl ⓘ
hasGuitarPerformer Eddie Willis ⓘ
Robert White ⓘ
hasSignatureElement call-and-response vocals ⓘ
introductory guitar riff ⓘ
memorable bassline ⓘ
hasVibraphonePerformer The Funk Brothers ⓘ
includedInAlbum The Temptations Sing Smokey ⓘ
inductedInto Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Hall of Fame
isSignatureSongOf Motown ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist David Ruffin ⓘ
performer The Temptations ⓘ
producer Smokey Robinson ⓘ
reachedNumberOneOn U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot 100
recognizedAs Motown classic ⓘ
soul standard ⓘ
recordedAt Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A
recordingDate 1964-09-17 ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-12-21 ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
usedInFilm My Girl ⓘ
surface form: My Girl (1991 film)
writer Ronald White ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
yearOfGrammyHallOfFameInduction 1998 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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The Temptations → notableWork → My Girl ⓘ
Aerosmith Pump → hasPart → My Girl ⓘ
subject surface form: Pump
Smokey Robinson → notableSongWrittenForOthers → My Girl ⓘ
The Big Chill → soundtrackIncludes → My Girl ⓘ
Madness → notableWork → My Girl ⓘ
album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul → hasTrack → My Girl ⓘ
subject surface form: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul → includesCoverOf → My Girl ⓘ
subject surface form: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Motown: The Musical → featuresSong → My Girl ⓘ
Otis Williams → notableSongCredits → My Girl ⓘ
Paul Williams → notableWork → My Girl ⓘ
Paul Williams → performerOf → My Girl ⓘ
David Ruffin → notableWork → My Girl ⓘ
Ronnie White → notableWork → My Girl ⓘ
Ronnie White → coWriterOf → My Girl ⓘ
Melvin Franklin → notableWork → My Girl ⓘ
Pump → hasTrack → My Girl ⓘ
In the Pines → hasAlternativeTitle → My Girl ⓘ
My Girl → featuresSong → My Girl ⓘ
The Other Side → hasBside → My Girl ⓘ