Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You) explained

Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)
Type:single
Artist:The Miracles
Album:Away We a Go-Go
B-Side:Oh Be My Love
Released:May 27, 1966
Recorded:Hitsville USA (Studio A); 4/19/66
Genre:Pop/soul
Length:2:42
Label:Tamla
T 54205
Producer:Frank Wilson
Prev Title:Going to a Go-Go
Prev Year:1965
Next Title:(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need
Next Year:1966

"Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)" is a 1966 R&B song by Motown Records group The Miracles, issued on Motown's Tamla Records subsidiary. Written by Motown staff songwriter Frank Wilson, it was one of only two singles the group released in 1966, taken from their album Away We A Go-Go.[1]

Although the group's billing on their singles remained "The Miracles" up to this point, their billing on the album was changed to "Smokey Robinson and The Miracles," their second album to receive this billing.

Lyrical and musical content

Despite this song's relatively mild success in 1966, "Whole Lot Of Shaking" was one of The Miracles' most dynamic, most propulsive recordings.

This up-tempo song featured rapid-fire vocal interplay between Smokey and the other Miracles, Bobby, Ronnie, Pete, and Claudette, accompanied by equally urgent horns and a hot Funk Brothers rhythm section. Smokey, as the song's narrator, portrays a man whose life has been completely changed by a passionate relationship with his new girl:"I can't explain the things you do to me, but I'm sure there's an explanation,Maybe it's the way you carry yourself, or maybe it's your conversation."

His friends also notice the change in him:

"The guys I used to run around with tell me I changed, and I'm acting kind of strange; But they don't realize, that since I met you, my whole life has been re-arranged."

Song author Frank Wilson later co-wrote The Four Tops' 1970 hit "Still Water (Love)" with Robinson. He also went on to co-write The Temptations' 1967 Top 10 hit, "All I Need."

Cash Box described the song as a "hard-driving, fast-moving romantic thumper about a lucky lass who has finally met the guy of her dreams."[2]

Personnel credits: The Miracles

Other credits

Chart success

This song was not one of the group's more successful singles, and broke a string of Top 20 Pop hits by the group, only reaching #46 on the Billboard Pop charts, but the tune managed much better on the Billboard R&B listings, reaching the Top 20, peaking at #20.[3]

The Miracles, after a huge year in 1965, took a year off from touring during 1966, and this song's lack of promotion may have been a reason for its relative failure, but it has nevertheless been included in many Miracles "greatest hits" album and CD compilations.

Cover versions and accolades

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miracles, The - Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You) / Oh Be My Love (Vinyl) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 1966-05-27 . 2012-03-15.
  2. CashBox Record Reviews . June 11, 1966 . 18 . 2022-01-12 . Cash Box.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

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

  4. News: 22 Lost Motown Classics That Deserve To Be Rediscovered . Huffington Post . 2014-06-19.
  5. Web site: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – Whole Lotta Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You) . Funky16Corners.com . 2013-11-26 . 2016-09-30.