Since I Lost My Baby

Infobox Single
Name =Since I Lost My Baby


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Artist = The Temptations
Album = The Temptin' Temptations
A-side =
B-side ="You've Got to Earn It"
Released =June 1, 1965
Format =7" single
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); May 5, May 10, & May 12, 1965
Genre =Soul
Length = 2:51
Label =Gordy
G 7043
Writer = Smokey Robinson
Warren Moore
Producer = Smokey Robinson
Certification =
Last single ="It's Growing"
(1965)
This single ="Since I Lost My Baby"
(1965)
Next single ="My Baby"
(1965)
Misc =

"Since I Lost My Baby" 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, "Since I Lost My Baby" peaked at number four.

Longing and melancholy, "Since I Lost My Baby" 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 poor":"Since I lost my baby..."

Other recordings

The Action released their George Martin-produced version in 1966. Luther Vandross covered the song for his 1982 album "Forever, For Always, For Love". In 2005, Angie Stone re-recorded it for the Vandross tribute album "". Also in 2005, Rhino released the only official recording of the band Legion of Mary, fronted by Jerry Garcia, containing an instrumental version from a May 22, 1975 concert.

Credits

* Lead vocals by David Ruffin
* Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams
* Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.