"That's What Love Is Made Of" was a 1964 hit song by Motown's original vocal group, The Miracles, issued on the label's Tamla records subsidiary (Tamla 54102). It was taken from the group's album Greatest Hits from the Beginning, but originally appeared on their abortive 1964 album, I Like It Like That. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, and Pete Moore, this song was a Billboard Top 40 Pop hit, peaking at # 35, and a Top 10 Billboard R&B hit, peaking at #9. A showcase for poetic wordplay, The Miracles utilized several famous nursery rhymes in this song; in fact, the song's title itself is a variation of the rhyme "What Are Little Girls/Little Boys Made Of?" and parts of this famous rhyme were incorporated into the lyrics of this song, which, like many Miracles songs, starts with the guitar licks of Miracles member Marv Tarplin. Robinson, as the lead singer, serves as the song's narrator: "You take Sugar and Spice... Everything Nice... and you've got a little girl, yeah, yeah... You take Snakes and Snails.... Puppy Dog's tails...and you've got a little boy, yeah, yeah... That's what Love Is Made Of...." The song illustrates that love is never easy, consisting of good times, bad times, heartbreak, jubilation, breakups and makeups ..."That's What Love is Made Of". While Tarplin plays and Robinson sings the lyrics, the other Miracles (Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Pete Moore and Claudette Robinson, answer in classic call-and-response style.more »
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