| "The Tracks of My Tears" | ||||
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| Single by the Miracles | ||||
| from the album Going to a Go-Go | ||||
| B-side | "A Fork in the Road" | |||
| Released | June 23, 1965[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 19, 1965[1] | |||
| Studio | Hitsville USA, Detroit | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Tamla T 54118 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Smokey Robinson | |||
| The Miracles singles chronology | ||||
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"The Tracks of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally recorded by their group, the Miracles, on Motown's Tamla label. The Miracles' million-selling original version has been inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame, has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America and The National Endowment for the Arts at No. 127 in its list of the "Songs of the Century" – the 365 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century, and has been selected by Rolling Stone as No. 50 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", among many other awards.[4] In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the Miracles' original recording of "The Tracks of My Tears" as "The Greatest Motown Song of All Time".[5][6]
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- ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1965". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 72–73. ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 36. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 9, 2004. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
- ^ "Rolling Stone picks Smokey Robinson and the Miracles track as greatest Motown song". March 30, 2021.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Motown Songs". Rolling Stone. March 30, 2021.