The Wrong Singles - what would you have released instead?

[jbpintus]

SMOKEY ROBINSON's SMOKE SIGNLAS from 1986 must have had the worst single selection ever...

Apart from "Hold On To Your Love", the first single, which was a great choice, the two other tracks selected as singles A-sides were by far the two weakiest songs of the album:

"Sleepless Nights" and "Because of You [[It's The Best It's Ever Been)"


Now there were no less than 5 other songs from that album that should have gotten that treatment. All of them rank amongst the greatest SMOKEY solo tracks. And I can imagine each one being a smash hit :

"Some People [[Will Do Anything for Love)"

"Be Kind to the Growing Mind" [[with the Temptations)

"Te Quiero Como Si No Hubiera Un Mañana [[I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow)"

"Wishful Thinking" [[not the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song)

"Hanging On by a Thread"

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Also why did Motown chose "The Weight" when "Why [[must we fall in love)" was available from DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES with THE TEMPTATIONS TOGETHER is beyond me.

Plus...

FOUR TOPS - Barbara's Boy

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - Ain't You Glad You Chose Love

SMOKEY & THE MIRACLES - We Can Make It We Can

MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - Forget Me Not