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1960 song recorded by The MIRACLES

"Shop Around" is a song originally recorded by the Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label. It was written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. It became a smash hit in 1960 when originally recorded by the Miracles, reaching number one on the Billboard R&B chart, number one on the Cashbox Top 100 Pop Chart, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the Miracles' first million selling hit record, and the first million selling hit for the Motown Record Corporation. The single was a multiple award winner for the Miracles, having been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006, inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, and honored by Rolling Stone as #500 in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, dropping it five spots from number 495 in the 2004 version.

The original version of "Shop Around" by the Miracles (credited as "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson"), was released in 1960 on Motown's Tamla label, catalog number T 54034. The song, written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, depicts a mother giving her now grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a girlfriend or wife ("My mama told me/'you better shop around'"). The original version of the song had a strong blues influence, and was released in the local area of Detroit, Michigan, before Gordy decided that the song needed to be re recorded to achieve wider commercial appeal. At 3 a. m. one morning, the Miracles (Robinson, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, and Pete Moore) recorded a new, poppier version of the song that became a major national hit. The original record label credits Robinson as the writer, with Berry Gordy as producer. On the American Top 40 program of July 4, 1987, Casey Kasem reported that Gordy had previously rejected 100 songs by Robinson as "garbage" before accepting the 101st, "Shop Around," as "a hit." The single was the first Motown record to be released in the UK, on Decca Records' London label. The subsequent EP release, coupled the "Shop Around" single with its follow up, "Ain't It Baby". The two singles and the EP were the only Motown releases on the London label.

"Shop Around" was a big hit for the Miracles, becoming the group's first number 1 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart, spending eight weeks at the top, and also hitting No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk. "Shop Around" also reached No. 1 on the Cashbox magazine Top 100 pop chart and is also noted for being the first million selling record for the Miracles and for the Motown Record Corporation,
Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006. The Motown Record Corporation's first Billboard number one R&B hit. It held the No. 1 position on the Billboard R&B Chart for 8 consecutive weeks. Ranked as No. 500 on Rolling Stones list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Reached number one on the 'Cashbox magazine pop chart. The first Motown Records song to reach the top 5 on the Billboard pop chart (No. 2). Honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".

Released as the second single of Captain & Tennille from the Song of Joy album, their version of "Shop Around" was a success. The single reached number 4 in Canada on the RPM singles chart and peaked at number 4 on the US Hot 100 chart on July 9, 1976. While not out charting The Miracles' original, their version became a gold record, and also topped the Billboard easy listening chart for one week in 1976.

Chart (1976)PeakpositionAustralia (KMR) 37Canada RPM Top Singles4Canada RPM Adult Contemporary1New Zealand (RIANZ)32U. S. Billboard Hot 1004U. S. Billboard Adult Contemporary6

Chart (1976)RankCanada 64U. S. Billboard Hot 10062U. S. Billboard Adult Contemporary37U. S. Cash Box26