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| "The Way You Do the Things You Do" | ||||
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 Side A of the Australian single | ||||
| Single by The Temptations | ||||
| from the album Meet the Temptations & The Temptations Sing Smokey | ||||
| B-side | "Just Let Me Know" | |||
| Released | January 23, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A) January 9, 1964 | |||
| Genre | Soul[1][2] | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | Gordy G 7028 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Smokey Robinson Robert Rogers | |||
| Producer(s) | Smokey Robinson | |||
| The Temptations singles chronology | ||||
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"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 hit single by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, the single was the Temptations' first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking in the Top 20 at number eleven; it also went to number one on the Cash Box R&B chart.[3] The song has been an American Top 40 hit in four successive decades, from the 1960s to the 1990s. A version by Hall & Oates featuring Temptation members Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986.[4] A cover version by British reggae band UB40 hit number six in the U.S. in 1990.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 346. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (February 11, 2022). "The Number Ones: UB40's "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You". Stereogum. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 571.
- ^ "Hall and Oates". Recording Academy Grammy Awards.