Since I Lost My Baby

"Since I Lost My Baby" is a 1965 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop hit in the United States, and a top 5 hit on the R&B charts.

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1965 - The Temptations - Motown - Miracles - Smokey Robinson - Pete Moore - United States - R&B

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Longing and melancholy, "Since I Lost My Baby" tells a story about the pain of losing a lover. Temptations lead singer David Ruffin paints a picture as the song's narrator of an idyllic world where he has everything anyone could ask for, except for love:

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:The birds are singin' and the Children are playin

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:There's plenty of work and the bosses are payin

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:Not a sad word should a young heart be sayin

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:But fun is a bore, and with money I'm poor

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:Since I lost my baby...

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Lost in his despair, the only thing on the narrator's mind his finding the lover who left him, and begging her to come back to him. Helping convey the message of heartbreak are Temptations bandmates Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Otis Williams, and Melvin Franklin on background vocals, and The Funk Brothers studio band providing the instrumentation. Like The Temptations' #1 hit "My Girl", "Since I Lost My baby" benefits from a lifting strings arrangement that accents the Funk Brothers' rhythm track.

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Eddie Kendricks - Paul Williams - Otis Williams - Melvin Franklin - The Funk Brothers - My Girl

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"Since I Lost My Baby" is considered among The Temptations' most important and influential recordings, even though it did not make it into the Top Ten. Contemporary R&B singer Luther Vandross covered the song on his 1982 album Forever, For Always, For Love.

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Luther Vandross - Covered - 1982

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