More Love
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| Single by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles from the album Make It Happen |
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| B-side | "Swept for You Baby" | ||||
| Released | March 26, 1967 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | Los Angeles, California (instrumentation) Hitsville USA (Studio A) (vocals); 1967 |
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| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 3:38 | ||||
| Label | Tamla T 54152 |
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| Writer(s) | Smokey Robinson | ||||
| Producer | Smokey Robinson | ||||
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"More Love" is a 1967 single recorded by the American soul group Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. The single, included on the group's 1967 album Make It Happen, later reissued in 1970 as The Tears of a Clown.
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[edit] Miracles version
Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson wrote, produced, and sings lead on "More Love", which he considers one of his most personal compositions. [1] Robinson wrote the song for his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. Claudette had been a member of the Miracles since 1957, but retired from touring in 1964 after a series of miscarriages. On one occasion, the Robinsons had a set of twins that were stillborn. [2] According to Smokey Robinson:
"After she had a miscarriage [Claudette] would always tell me she was sorry she had let me down. I would explain that she had not let me down because she was there, she was alive; I wanted the babies, but I didn't know them. I wrote 'More Love' to let her know how I felt about her." [1]
Unlike most other Miracles songs, the track for "More Love" was recorded by Los Angeles session musicians, instead of in Detroit, Michigan by Motown session band The Funk Brothers and Miracles guitarist Marvin Tarplin. [2]
Smokey and Claudette Robinson would eventually have two children, both named after aspects of the Motown corporation: Berry (after Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr.) and Tamla, after the Miracles' record label.
More Love peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and at number five on Billboard's' R&B singles chart.
[edit] Other versions
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| Single by Kim Carnes from the album Romance Dance |
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| B-side | "Changin'" | ||||
| Released | 1980 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:38 | ||||
| Label | EMI America | ||||
| Producer | George Tobin, Mike Piccirillo | ||||
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"More Love" has been covered by several other performers, among them Paul Young, Barbara McNair, and Mica Paris. The most successful recording of "More Love" was a 1980 version by Kim Carnes, included on her album Romance Dance. Carnes' cover of "more Love" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number six on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.
A Spanish language version of the song, "Más Amor", was also released in some territories in Latin America. The single was the first Top 10 U.S. hit for Carnes, formerly of New Christy Minstrels. Despite "More Love's" success, the follow-up single, "Cry Like a Baby", would miss the Top 40, peaking at number 44.
[edit] Credits
[edit] Miracles version
- Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson
- Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, and Pete Moore
- Instrumentation by various Los Angeles area musicians
