"-0.295658"^^ . "355f9433-9399-4712-b3db-b213035e96b0" . . "168000.0"^^ . "The Temptations songs" . "false"^^ . "--05-05" . . . "6"^^ . "false"^^ . . "Since I Lost My Baby" . . "false"^^ . . "mono version" . "1965 songs" . "Luther Vandross songs" . . "2"^^ . "-0.531504"^^ . "Song recordings produced by George Martin" . "USMO16500025" . "Songs written by Smokey Robinson" . "101.0"^^ . "2007-10-29"^^ . "1965-06-01"^^ . "295678"^^ . "1101700" . . "Since I Lost My Baby" . . "2730" . "Smokey Robinson" . "english" . "-8.9"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson" . "Epic Records" . . "Epic Records singles" . "Luther Vandross" . "Smokey Robinson" . "Gordy Records singles" . "1965 singles" . "Motown" . "Warren %22Pete%22 Moore" . "5714dee925ac0d8aee551079" . "Songs written by Warren %22Pete%22 Moore" . "%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)." . "eng" .