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"Farewell My Love" | ||||
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Single by The Temptations | ||||
from the album Meet The Temptations | ||||
B-side | "May I Have This Dance" | |||
Released | June 25, 1963 | |||
Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); May 25, 1963 | |||
Genre | Soul, R&B, Doo-wop, Pop | |||
Length | 2:49 | |||
Label | Gordy G 7020 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Berry Gordy, Jr. | |||
Producer(s) | Berry Gordy, Jr. Smokey Robinson | |||
The Temptations singles chronology | ||||
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"Farewell My Love" is a 1963 single by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. It was the last single that was written and produced by Motown president Berry Gordy for well over a decade, and the last released during the period of the "Original 5" lineup (before member Elbridge "Al" Bryant was fired).[1] It is also noted as the group's last single to miss the Billboard pop chart's Top 40 until 1971's "It's Summer" (and the last to not make it on any U.S. music charts for the next 23 years). Up until now the group was jokingly referred to at this time as the "Hitless Temptations" by the Motown staff, much like their "sister" group, The Supremes, were called the "no-hit Supremes". However, their next single, the Smokey Robinson-produced "The Way You Do the Things You Do", would reach the Top 20 of the U.S. pop chart, breaking the group's streak of being "hitless".