- It's Growing
Infobox Single
Name = It's Growing
Artist =The Temptations
from Album =The Temptations Sing Smokey
B-side = "What Love Has Joined Together "
Released =March 18 ,1965
Format = 7" single
Recorded =Hitsville USA ;1964 -1965
Genre = Soul
Length = 3:01
Label = Gordy
G 7040
Writer =Smokey Robinson
Warren "Pete" Moore
Producer =Smokey Robinson
Last single = "My Girl"
(1964)
This single = "It's Growing"
(1965 )
Next single = "Since I Lost My Baby "
(1965)"It's Growing" is a1965 hit single byThe Temptations for the Gordy (Motown ) label, a follow-up to the hit single, My Girl. Written by Miracles membersSmokey Robinson andPete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on theBillboard Hot 100 in theUnited States , on which it peaked at number 18. On "Billboard 's" R&B singles chart, "It's Growing" peaked at number 3. [Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.]A reworking of the song by
James Taylor was an adult contemporary hit in 2008. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp "Fred Bronson, Chart Beat, October 9, 2008"] , billboard.com]Credits
* Lead vocals by
David Ruffin
* Background vocals byEddie Kendricks ,Melvin Franklin , Paul Williams,Otis Williams , andThe Andantes : Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps
* Instrumentation byThe Funk Brothers .Notes
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