The Tears of a Clown

E294458
single song

"The Tears of a Clown" is a 1970 Motown soul song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, renowned for its upbeat, circus-like melody contrasted with lyrics about hidden heartache.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Tears of a Clown canonical 3
The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Make It Happen ⓘ
The Tears of a Clown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album)
associatedAct Hank Cosby ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
bSide Promise Me ⓘ
chartPosition UK Singles Chart ⓘ
surface form: UK Singles Chart number one

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: US Billboard Hot 100 number one
composer Hank Cosby ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1970s ⓘ
followedBy I Don’t Blame You at All ⓘ
follows Point It Out ⓘ
genre Motown ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInstrumentation brass section ⓘ
calliope-style keyboard sound ⓘ
prominent bassoon-like intro ⓘ
hasLyricalTheme hidden heartache ⓘ
sadness behind a happy facade ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature upbeat circus-like melody ⓘ
hasRhythm uptempo ⓘ
labelImprint Tamla T 54199 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:59 ⓘ
notableFor contrast between cheerful music and sad lyrics ⓘ
use of clown imagery to express emotional pain ⓘ
originalAlbum Make It Happen (1967 studio album) ⓘ
originalAlbumReleaseYear 1967 ⓘ
partOf Motown catalog ⓘ
performer Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles
producer Smokey Robinson ⓘ
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseDate 1970-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
vocalist Smokey Robinson ⓘ
writer Hank Cosby ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → notableWork → The Tears of a Clown ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles → hasHitSingle → The Tears of a Clown ⓘ
Smokey Robinson → notableWork → The Tears of a Clown ⓘ
The Tears of a Clown → album → The Tears of a Clown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album)