Title: My Girl by The Temptations - Songfacts
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The Temptations

by The Temptations
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Content: TV appearances of the song included episodes of The Wonder Years, Magnum, P.I. and Cold Case. Some of the many artists who covered this song include Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton and The Mamas & The Papas. The Rolling Stones covered the song and released it on their Flowers compilation in June 1967. The Stones also recorded The Temptations' " Ain't Too Proud To Beg " and " Just My Imagination " in 1974 and 1978. >>
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This song has charted in the US for five different artists, first for Bobby Vee in a medley with "Hey Girl" that went to #35 in 1968; Eddie Floyd's cover reached #116 in 1970; Hall & Oates sang it with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick at the Apollo Theater in 1985 in a medley with " The Way You Do The Things You Do ," which reached #20 when it was released as a single. A new-jack cover by Suave went to #20 in 1988. Many female singers have transformed this into "My Guy," but on the 2018 EP Universal Love - Wedding Songs Reimagined, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie did a same-sex version of "My Guy," presumably with Smokey Robinson's blessing, as he had to grant the rights.