Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)

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single song

"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a 1971 soul ballad by The Temptations, renowned for its lush orchestration, bittersweet lyrics about unrequited love, and status as one of the group's most enduring hits.

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Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Sky's the Limit ⓘ
backgroundVocalist Dennis Edwards ⓘ
Melvin Franklin ⓘ
Otis Williams ⓘ
backingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
bSide You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth ⓘ
chartPosition UK Singles Chart top 10 ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 number 1 ⓘ
US Billboard R&B Singles number 1 ⓘ
composer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre soul ⓘ
soul ballad ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme daydreaming ⓘ
romantic fantasy ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
hasLyricalTone bittersweet ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature lush orchestration ⓘ
hasMusicStyle orchestral soul ⓘ
quiet storm precursor ⓘ
isOneOf The Temptations' most enduring hits ⓘ
The Temptations' signature songs ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
Paul Williams ⓘ
length 3:48 ⓘ
notableFor Eddie Kendricks' falsetto lead vocal ⓘ
lush orchestral arrangement ⓘ
melancholic narrative of imagined romance ⓘ
orchestrationBy Detroit Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
partOf Motown catalog ⓘ
performer Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
producer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
publisher Jobete Music ⓘ
recordedAt Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A
recordingLocation Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
recordLabel Gordy ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-01-14 ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 2 ⓘ
writer Barrett Strong ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1971 ⓘ

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The Temptations → notableWork → Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
Eddie Kendricks → notableWork → Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
Norman Whitfield → notableWork → Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
Some Girls → hasPart → Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
Otis Williams → notableSongCredits → Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
Melvin Franklin → notableWork → Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ