Shop Around

E292822
single song

"Shop Around" is a 1960 Motown hit single by The Miracles, widely regarded as one of the label’s first major successes and a foundational song in the development of soul and R&B music.

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Label Occurrences
Shop Around canonical 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles
associatedMovement Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown sound
backgroundVocalist Bobby Rogers ⓘ
Claudette Robinson ⓘ
Pete Moore ⓘ
Ronnie White ⓘ
backingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
bSide Who’s Lovin’ You ⓘ
chartAchievement first million-selling single for Motown ⓘ
first million-selling single for The Miracles ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 1 ⓘ
composer Berry Gordy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Captain & Tennille ⓘ
Don Bryant ⓘ
The Allusions ⓘ
Captain & Tennille ⓘ
surface form: The Captain and Tennille
hasISRC USMO16000001 ⓘ
hasTheme romantic advice from mother to son ⓘ
hasVersion original 1960 regional Detroit version ⓘ
re-recorded 1960 national hit version ⓘ
includedIn The Miracles’ album Hi... We’re The Miracles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Smokey Robinson ⓘ
length 2:48 ⓘ
musicalStyle up-tempo R&B with doo-wop influences ⓘ
notableAs Motown’s first major national hit ⓘ
foundational song in development of R&B music ⓘ
foundational song in development of soul music ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1960 ⓘ
performer Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles
producer Berry Gordy ⓘ
publisher Jobete Music ⓘ
recordedAtStudio Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio A
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseDate 1960-09-27 ⓘ
vocalGroup Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles
writer Berry Gordy ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Berry Gordy → wroteSong → Shop Around ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → notableWork → Shop Around ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → hasHitSingle → Shop Around ⓘ
Smokey Robinson → notableWork → Shop Around ⓘ
Captain & Tennille → notableWork → Shop Around ⓘ
Ronnie White → notableWork → Shop Around ⓘ
Ronnie White → coWriterOf → Shop Around ⓘ