The Way You Do the Things You Do

E292570
single song

"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Temptations, celebrated as one of their breakthrough songs and a classic of the soul genre.

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The Way You Do the Things You Do canonical 8

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
backgroundVocalist David Ruffin ⓘ
Melvin Franklin ⓘ
Otis Williams ⓘ
Paul Williams ⓘ
backingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
chartPosition US Billboard Hot 100 number 11 ⓘ
US Billboard R&B Singles number 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1960s ⓘ
describedAs Motown hit single ⓘ
classic of the soul genre ⓘ
followedBy Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) ⓘ
follows I Want a Love I Can See ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside Just Let Me Know ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Rita Coolidge ⓘ
UB40 ⓘ
hasISRC USMO16482801 ⓘ
hasNotableLyric You got a smile so bright, you know you could have been a candle ⓘ
includedIn The Temptations Greatest Hits ⓘ
isBreakthroughWorkOf The Temptations ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
length 2:42 ⓘ
movement Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown sound
musicalKey C major ⓘ
notableFor helping establish The Temptations on the pop charts ⓘ
originalArtist The Temptations ⓘ
partOf Motown ⓘ
performer The Temptations ⓘ
producer Smokey Robinson ⓘ
recordedAt Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A
recordingLocation Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
recordLabel Gordy ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-01-23 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
tempo medium-up ⓘ
vocalGroup The Temptations ⓘ
writer Bobby Rogers ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
yearOfSingleRelease 1964 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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The Temptations → notableWork → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Eddie Kendricks → notableWork → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Rita Coolidge → notableWork → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Paul Williams → notableWork → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Paul Williams → performerOf → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Meet The Temptations → hasTrack → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Meet The Temptations → notableSingle → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
Bobby Rogers → notableSongwritingCredit → The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ