(You Can) Depend on Me

January 2025 October 2009 (You Can) Depend on Me File:The Miracles - You Can Depend on Me cover.jpg single The Miracles Hi, We're the Miracles "The Feeling Is So Fine" (withdrawn) "Way Over There" September 27, 1959 (1st version) February 22, 1960 (2nd version) 1959 Soul 3:00 TamlaT 54028 (1959/1960) Berry Gordy, Jr., Smokey Robinson Berry Gordy, Jr. The Feeling Is So Fine (You Can) Depend on Me 1959 Way Over There | title2 = (You Can) Depend on Me Shop Around 1960 "(You Can) Depend on Me" is a 1959 song by Motown Records group The Miracles, which also appeared on the group's first album, Hi... We're The Miracles (1961). It also appeared as the B-side of the group's hit single, "Way Over There". It was written by Motown Records' President and founder Berry Gordy and Miracles member William "Smokey" Robinson. While not charting nationally, this song was a very popular regional hit tune in many areas of the country, so much so, in fact, that it was included on the group's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits from the Beginning, and Smokey still sings it, by request, in his live shows today. A slow, intimate ballad number, with relatively sparse orchestration compared to much of their later work, "You Can Depend on Me" starts with the singular guitar of Miracles member Marv Tarplin. Recorded in the popular doo-wop style, Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, as the song's narrator, then takes it from there, singing to the woman he loves, promising her eternal devotion: If you....need a love like mine that you can depend on... When your whole world's closing in...and you need a friend... You can depend... On me. Miracles Bobby Rogers, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, and Ronnie White blend their voices into their trademark smooth harmonies to punctuate Smokey's vocals on the chorus and elsewhere. "(You Can) Depend on Me" was first released in September 1959 as the B-side of "The Feeling Is So Fine", which was quickly withdrawn.https://motownjunkies.co.uk/2009/10/06/22/ 22. The Miracles: "(You Can) Depend On Me" (first version) 2009-10-06 Motown Junkies 2018-08-22 en-US A re-recording of this songYou Can Depend On Me (feat. Smokey Robinson) (Second Version) 11 June 2018 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZck6y7ZWo https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/-EZck6y7ZWo 2021-12-20 live en 2018-08-22 was issued as the B-side of the Miracles' next single, "Way Over There", but it was the first version which appeared on Hi ... We're The Miracles and most subsequent compilations. "(You Can) Depend On Me" has inspired cover versions by fellow Motown artists Brenda Holloway, Mary Wells, The Supremes, and The Temptations. It has appeared on many of The Miracles' greatest hits compilations and anthologies, and is the title song of the 2009 Motown CD compilation release The Miracles – Depend On Me: The Early Albums. Personnel The Miracles Smokey Robinson – lead vocals Bobby Rogers – background vocals Pete Moore – background vocals Claudette Robinson – background vocals Ronnie White – background vocals Marv Tarplin – guitar Additional musicians The Funk Brothers – additional instruments References External links WjK0qaS2jHs (You Can) Depend On Me - by The Miracles (alternate version) [song t9033616 yes All Music Guide] You Can Depend On Me - by The Miracles- A Review, from the Motown Junkies website Wordpress.com Category:1959 songs Category:1960 singles Category:The Miracles songs Category:Motown singles Category:Songs written by Smokey Robinson Category:Songs written by Berry Gordy Category:Doo-wop songs Category:Song recordings produced by Berry Gordy