| My Honey and Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Emotions |
| Released: | 1972 |
| B-Side: | Blind Alley |
| Length: | 3:30 |
| Label: | Volt |
| Next Title: | I Could Never Be Happy |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"My Honey and Me" is a song by R&B group The Emotions released as a single in 1972 on Stax Records.[1]
My Honey and Me was produced by Al Jackson Jr. and Jim Stewart. The song was also composed by John McFarland and Luther Ingram. The single's b-side was a song called Blind Alley from The Emotions' 1972 album Untouched.
One of the picks of the week in the 4 March, 1972 issue of Cash Box, the song was described as "Tom-tom percussion on a breeze of ladyfunk harmonies". It was also referred to as a sequel to the success of their other record, "Show Me How".[2]
Listed as one of the Hits of the Week on the front cover of the 4 March issue of Record World, the reviewer said that there was no way that this song won't make it.[3] In her Soul Truth column of the same issue, Dede Dabney noted the soft tonal subtlety that the Emotions were known for. She also predicted it was another hit.[4]
The single reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[5]
With the song making its debut at no. 112 in the Cash Box Looking Ahead chart on the week of 4 March 1972,[6] [7] it had also made its debut at no. 59 in the Cash Box R&B TOP 60 chart.[8] It peaked at no. 24 on the week of 29 April.[9]
The record made its debut at no. 91 in the Cash Box Top 100 chart on the week of 11 March, 1972.[10] It peaked at no. 85 the following week during its three-week chart run.[11]
Anthony Swete recorded a version of the song which was backed with "Rainy Night in Georgia". It was released in Australia on RCA Twin Hits PPX-1005 in 1970.[12] Swete's version was also included on the Now Sounds compilation, released on Cornwall Records, Inc. LG101.[13]