World of darkness-david ruffin

[arr&bee]

The reverend ruffin takes us to the church of soul as he,shouts and hits the high notes on this gritty soul shaker as only he can.

[Jaap]

My favorite David Ruffin song and often my favorite Motown song [[though there are too many favorites, so "the" favorite changes at times)...

[soulwally]

...and the background girls sound like they've just walked out of church too.

[arr&bee]

Pass the collection plate of soul.

[marv2]

It was like "Motown Meets Mississippi [[Baptist Church!)"

[arr&bee]

Right on marv,right on...david forever.

[144man]

I first became aware of this song through Little Anthony and the Imperials' single in 1970. I didn't even know it was a Motown song at the time. Both versions are extremely good.

[carole cucumber]

For my money,
David meets Ashford & Simpson does it every time!

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Thank you, Carole. This track should have been released. It deserved to be a huge hit for David, for A&S, AND for Motown.

[Jaap]

I didn't know Little Anthony and the Imperials covered World of Darkness! Thanks for pointing it out.

I always perceived World of Darkness as the gloomy counterpart of My Girl, particularly because of the opening line: The sun may be shining sunny and bright, but my world is black like the darkness of the night... quite to opposite to ... I've got sunshine on a cloudy day...