My Baby

About My Baby

"My Baby" is a 1965 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, 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. An extension of the theme from the group's #1 hit "My Girl", which had been released the previous December, "My Baby" features The Temptations, with David Ruffin on lead, bragging about the qualities of a special lady. Ruffin praises his woman's hairstyles ("hair soft like a baby lamb/and I love to run my fingers through it") and personality ("the gold in her personality/could set Fort Knox to shame"), and hopes that "she digs me the way I am/but if I have to change/you know I'm gona do it for my baby". "My Baby" was a notable attempt to create an uptempo danceable number for the Temptations; all of their previous Top 20 hits to this point had been either ballads or mid-tempo numbers. The single immediately following "My Baby", "Get Ready", followed the same plan, and was produced with an even faster tempo and a brassier arrangement. more »

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1965

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Whose hair styles are out of this world 
Whether it's straight or bouffant or it's curled

My baby my baby my baby
Hey hey hey 
My baby, baby pretty baby 

Hair soft like a baby lamb and I love to run my fingers through it
I hope she digs me the way I am
But if I have to change
You know I'm gonna do it for my baby
(I'm gonna do it for my baby) 

Ooh, personality containing more gold
Than any bank in this world could hold 
My baby, my baby, my baby, hey hey
My baby, baby, pretty baby 

Enough gold in her personality, to set fort knox to shame 
This golden girl has proved to me
Yet no guy could try
To stake his claim on my baby 
(Stake his claim on my baby)
(My baby) 

She's cute as can be (my baby) 
This girl's got a hold on me (my baby) 
Has a kiss so sweet, she knocks me off my feet 
She makes my life complete 
Oh yeah, she's my baby 
Oh yeah, she's my baby 

And I love her so
Ooh, oh yeah, I love my baby so
My baby, she's cute as can be, my baby
This girl's got a hold on me my baby
Has a kiss so sweet, she knocks me off my feet
She makes my life complete 

Who has my mind in a kind of a haze
Who has me walkin' around in a daze

My baby, my baby, my baby, hey hey hey 
My baby, baby, pretty baby

Gives me a feelin' I can't explain
She sets my soul on fire
But I don't feel hurt and I don't feel pain
All I feel is strong desire for my baby (strong desire for my baby)
Oh, I love her so

Oh yeah my baby, that personality to satisfy me 
Woo, baby that's my baby, my baby, my baby

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group known for their success in the 60s and 70s at Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music. Known for their recognizable choreography, distinct harmonies, and flashy onstage suits, the Temptations have been said to be as influential to soul as The Beatles are to pop and rock. more »

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