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

Whole Lot of Shakin 'in My Heart (Since I Met You) is a single of the American soul group Smokey Robinson & The Miracles from May of 1966. The song was the first of two singles from the album " Away We a Go-Go ". The other song that was released was " (Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need ". Unlike many songs of the group from this period, such as " Going to a Go-Go, "" Ooo Baby Baby "and" The Tracks of My Tears "was" Whole Lot of Shakin 'In My Heart (Since I Met You) "not a top 40 hit on the pop chart in the United States. Then the song reached the # 46 position just because. On the other hand, R & B list the top 40 was well earned and kept the number eventually stabbing on the twentieth.

Unlike almost all the hits by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles was "Whole Lot of Shakin 'In My Heart (Since I Met You)" not even partly written by the lead singer of the group, Smokey Robinson. Indeed, it was Frank Wilson, who later include hits like " All I Need "and" Up the Ladder to the Roof "wrote, who wrote the song for The Miracles. He also produced the song too. Because the other single from the album, "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need", written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, either written by Smokey Robinson, the album "Away We a Go go-to "the only album of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles of which no singles were released written by the lead singer, during which he was part of the group. The music of "Whole Lot of Shakin 'In My Heart (Since I Met You)", provided by the studio bandThe Funk Brothers, was written by Frank Wilson in the style of its predecessor, Going To A Go-Go. In addition, it was just like this single also the number in question a dance number. However, the subject of the text is different from "Going to a Go-Go", where it's the disco. When "Whole Lot Of Shakin 'In My Heart (Since I Met You)", the text goes on because the narrator has become infatuated with a woman he has just met.

The B-side of "Whole Lot of Shakin 'In My Heart (Since I Met You)" is the song "Oh Be My Love". Like the A-side, this song comes from the album "Away We a Go-Go"."Oh Be My Love" was well written by Smokey Robinson, along with another member of the group, Warren "Pete" Moore .

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 * Lead: Smokey Robinson
 * Background: Warren "Pete" Moore, Ronald White , Claudette Robinson and Bobby Rogers
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers
 * Guitarist: Marv Tarplin
 * Writer: Frank Wilson
 * Producer: Frank Wilson