My Girl

E292565

"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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Temptations notableWork My Girl
Aerosmith Pump hasPart My Girl
subject surface form: Pump
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
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
My Girl featuresSong My Girl
The Other Side hasBside My Girl