When Smokey Sings

When Smokey Sings

Infobox Single
Name = When Smokey Sings


Artist = ABC
from Album = Alphabet City
B-side = "Chicago"
Genre = New Wave synthpop
Released = 1987
Format = CD Single, 7" 12"
Last single = "Ocean Blue" (1986)
This single = "When Smokey Sings" (1987)
Next single = "The Night You Murdered Love" (1987)

"When Smokey Sings" is the name of a song by the New Wave band ABC. The lyrics and name are a tribute to Smokey Robinson, a popular R&B and Soul singer. It was released in mid-1987, on ABC's album "Alphabet City", which also spawned the singles "The Night You Murdered Love" and "King Without a Crown". "When Smokey Sings" and its B-side, "Chicago" also topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song reached number eleven on the UK chart and proved to be their second (and last) American Top 10 hit, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.


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