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Hi... We're the Miracles, 1961
Written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy
Let's celebrate Juneteenth
Although it never achieved the fame of the Miracles' later hits, this one of Smokey Robinson's finest early compositions. Faster and more energetic than the group's singles, it finds Robinson singing with a yearning passion, backed by enthusiastic harmonies, handclaps, electric guitar, and a bright piano figure. The lyrics concern a determined narrator overcoming every obstacle to reunite with his distant love ("I've got a lover way over there / On the mountain side / And I know that's where I should be"), and the soaring chorus perfectly captures his optimism.
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