The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage explained

The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
Type:single
Artist:Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Album:Make It Happen[1]
B-Side:Come Spy with Me
Released:January 27, 1967
Recorded:Hitsville USA (Studio A): November 11, 1966
Genre:Soul, pop, psychedelic soul
Length:2:59
Label:Tamla
T 54145
Producer:Smokey Robinson
Warren "Pete" Moore
Prev Title:(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:More Love
Next Year:1967

"The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" is a 1967 song recorded by the American R&B group The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin and produced by Robinson, it is noted for being the first single to bill the group as "Smokey Robinson" & the Miracles,[2] a billing already present on the group's albums by this time. Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore were the song's producers.[3]

Personnel

The Miracles

Other personnel

Lyric content and chart history

The single was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and a Top 10 hit on Billboard's R&B singles chart.[4] As with several of the Miracles' hits, "Mirage" begins with Tarplin's guitar and he plays the riff on a 12-string acoustic guitar. The song's lyrics feature Robinson's character as a man deceived by the beauty of a woman who showed "the promise of love", but then sadly discovered that her love was "just a mirage".

Cash Box called the single a "driving R&B workout that should get a lot of play."[5]

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 20
US Billboard Top Selling R&B Singles[7] 10

Films and cover versions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: www.allmusic.com. allmusic.com. March 31, 2023.
  2. Asanovic, Bosko; Rimmer, Dave & Goldberg, Marv. "Miracles discography". Soulful Kinda Music. Retrieved 2008-03-30
  3. Web site: The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage / Come Spy with Me by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - RYM/Sonemic.
  4. Hackel, Stu (1997). Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: The Ultimate Collection [liner notes]. New York: Motown Records/Polygram.
  5. CashBox Record Reviews . February 11, 1967 . 18 . 2022-01-12 . Cash Box.
  6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 579.

  7. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 404.

  8. Web site: アメリカン・ジゴロ (American Gigolo - The love I saw in You was just a Mirage) . . 2011-12-09 . 2016-10-01.