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Tracks of My Tears

"The Tracks of My Tears"
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Single by The Miracles
from the album Going to a Go-Go
B-side "A Fork in the Road"
Released June 23, 1965
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965
Genre Soul
Length 2:55
Label Tamla
T 54118
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Smokey Robinson
The Miracles singles chronology
"Ooo Baby Baby"
(1965)
"The Tracks of My Tears"
(1965)
"My Girl Has Gone"
(1965)
"The Tracks of My Tears"
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Single by Linda Ronstadt
from the album Prisoner in Disguise
B-side "The Sweetest Gift"
Released December 1975
Format 7" single
Recorded The Sound Factory, Los Angeles 1975
Genre Rock, country rock
Length 3:12
Label Asylum
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Peter Asher
Linda Ronstadt singles chronology
"Heat Wave"
(1975)
"The Tracks of My Tears"
(1975)
"That'll Be the Day"
(1976)

"The Tracks of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally recorded by their group, The Miracles, on Motown's Tamla label. In 1967, Johnny Rivers covered the song and his version was a number 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Linda Ronstadt recorded a hit cover of her own in 1975 that reached number 25 on the Hot 100 chart. Numerous other artists have recorded the song over the years.

"The Tracks of My Tears" was written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson (lead vocalist), Pete Moore (bass vocalist), and Marv Tarplin (guitarist).

In the five-LP publication The Motown Story, by Motown Records, Robinson explained the origin of this song in these words: "'Tracks of My Tears' was actually started by Marv Tarplin, who is a young cat who plays guitar for our act. So he had this musical thing [sings melody], you know, and we worked around with it, and worked around, and it became 'Tracks of My Tears'." Tarplin's guitar licks at the song's intro are among the most famous in pop music history.

"The Tracks of My Tears" was a number 2 hit on the Billboard R&B chart, and it reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. Belatedly released in the UK in 1969, it became a Top Ten hit that summer, reaching number 9 (the UK release was credited to "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles"). This song is considered to be among the finest recordings of The Miracles, and it sold over one million records within two years, making it The Miracles' fourth million-selling record.

The Miracles can be seen performing "The Tracks of My Tears" on their 2006 Motown DVD release, The Miracles' Definitive Performances.


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