Come Spy with Me (song)

"Come Spy with Me"
"Come Spy with Me"
	Dutch release picture sleeve
Single by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
from the album Make It Happen
B-side	"The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"
Released	January 27, 1967
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A): November 11, 1966
Genre	Soul, pop, psychedelic soul
Label	Tamla; T 54145
Songwriter(s)	Smokey Robinson ; Marvin Tarplin
Producer(s)	Smokey Robinson ; Warren "Pete" Moore
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles singles chronology

"Come Spy With Me" (T54145) was a 1967 song recorded by Motown Records R&B group The Miracles, released on its Tamla Records subsidiary label. The B-side of the group's Top 20 hit single "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage", it was written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, and was the original titular theme song from the 1967 20th Century Fox feature film of the same name, starring Troy Donahue and Andrea Dromm.

This song, recorded by the group in June 1966, was released the following year and was a regional hit, though not charting nationally, and did not appear on any original Miracles studio album, but since its original release, has been included in The Miracles' 1994 35th Anniversary box set collection.^[2]

Personnel

The Miracles

Smokey Robinson – Lead vocals
Claudette Robinson – Soprano vocals
Bobby Rogers – Tenor vocals
Ronnie White – Baritone vocals
Pete Moore – Bass vocals
Marv Tarplin – Guitar

References

^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The 35th Anniversary Collection, liner notes, and also on the CD boxset The complete Motown singles 1967. p. 56

External links

[1] "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[2] Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The 35th Anniversary Collection, liner notes, and also on the CD boxset The complete Motown singles 1967. p. 56

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Discography
1950s	" Bad Girl" (1959)
1960s	"Way Over There" (1960) "Shop Around" (1960) / "Who's Lovin' You" (1960) "Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues" (1961) "What's So Good About Goodbye" (1961) / "I've Been Good to You" (1961) "I'll Try Something New" (1962) "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (1962) / "Happy Landing" (1962) "A Love She Can Count On" (1963) / "I Can Take a Hint" (1963) " Mickey's Monkey" (1963) "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" (1963) "The Christmas Song" (1963) "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You" (1964) "I Like It Like That" (1964) "That's What Love Is Made Of" (1964) "Come On Do the Jerk" (1964) "Ooo Baby Baby" (1965) "The Tracks of My Tears" (1965) / "A Fork in the Road" (1965) "My Girl Has Gone" (1965) "Going to a Go-Go" (1965) / "Choosey Beggar" (1965) "Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)" (1966) "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (1966) "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (1967) / "Come Spy with Me" (1967) "More Love" (1967) "I Second That Emotion" (1967) "If You Can Want" (1968) "Yester Love" (1968) "Special Occasion" (1968) "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (1969) "Here I Go Again" (1969) / "Doggone Right" (1969) "Abraham, Martin and John" (1969) "Point It Out" (1969) / "Darling Dear" (1969)
1970s	"The Tears of a Clown" (1970) "I Don't Blame You at All" (1970) "We've Come Too Far to End It Now" (1972) "Give Me Just Another Day" (1973) "Do It Baby" (1974) "Love Machine" (1975)