Since I Lost My Baby

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“Since I Lost My Baby”
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptin' Temptations
B-side "You've Got to Earn It"
Released June 1, 1965
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville USA (Studio A); May 5, May 10, & May 12, 1965
Genre Soul
Length 2:51
Label Gordy
G 7043
Writer(s) Smokey Robinson
Warren Moore
Producer Smokey Robinson
The Temptations singles chronology
"It's Growing"
(1965)		 "Since I Lost My Baby"
(1965)		 "My Baby"
(1965)

"Since I Lost My Baby" is a 1965 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown Records' Gordy label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 17. On Billboard's R&B singles chart, "Since I Lost My Baby" peaked at number four.

Longing and melancholy, "Since I Lost My Baby" tells a story about the pain of losing a lover. Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, as the song's narrator, describes an idyllic world where everyone has everything they could ask for, except he doesn't have his love:

The birds are singin' and the children are playin'
There's plenty of work and the bosses are payin'
Not a sad word should a young heart be sayin'
But fun is a bore, and with money I'm poor
Since I lost my baby...

[edit] Other recordings

The Action released their George Martin-produced version in 1966. Luther Vandross covered the song for his 1982 album Forever, For Always, For Love. In 2005, Angie Stone re-recorded it for the Vandross tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross. Also in 2005, Rhino released the only official recording of the band Legion of Mary, fronted by Jerry Garcia, containing an instrumental version from a May 22, 1975 concert.

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