I Second That Emotion

"I Second That Emotion" is a 1967 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label. The song was the group's first Top 5 hit on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart credited to "Smokey Robinson & the Miracles" (as the group had been credited on thier albums since 1965).

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1967 - The Miracles - Motown - Billboard - Pop Singles Chart - 1965

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The song finds lead singer Smokey Robinson courting a girl who, weary of the game of love, prefers to string her men along and not get romantically involved. Robinson "wants no part" in such a relationship, but promises that if the girl changes her mind, he'll be around ("If you feel like lovin' me/if you've got the notion/I second that emotion.")

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Robinson got the idea for the song from his friend and Motown colleague Al Clevland, who mispronounced the phrase "I second that notion" as "I second that emotion" while the pair was Christmas shopping in late 1966. "I Second That Emotion" was a #1 hit on the Billboard Black Singles Chart, and reached #4 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart.

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Al Clevland - Christmas - 1966 - Black Singles Chart

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Today, the song, used ot anchor the release of the Miracles' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 release, is one of the most familiar tunes recorded by the Miracles. A 1968 joint cover by Motown labelmates Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations was a Top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, and later covers by Jerry Garcia and Japan were also popular hits.

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1968 - Diana Ross & the Supremes - The Temptations - United Kingdom - Jerry Garcia - Japan

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