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| - %22Since I Lost My Baby%22 is a 1965 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown Records' Gordy label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 17. On Billboard's R&B singles chart, %22Since I Lost My Baby%22 peaked at number four.Longing and melancholy, %22Since I Lost My Baby%22 tells a story about the pain of losing a lover. Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, as the song's narrator, describes an idyllic world where everyone has everything they could ask for, except he doesn't have his love:The birds are singin' and the children are playin'There's plenty of work and the bosses are payin'Not a sad word should a young heart be sayin'But fun is a bore, and with money I'm poorSince I lost my baby...Bass singer Melvin Franklin is also heard out front, singing %22Oh, Yeah%22 after Ruffin's first two lines on the first verse (this is repeated by the group on the last verse).
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