Smokey Robinson

Released: June 19, 1973

Songwriter: Smokey Robinson

Producer: Willie Hutch Smokey Robinson

Ooh-ooh-ooh...
Uh!
La, la, la, la

Wanna know what I think about
When my day is beginning
Wanna know how come I'm tripping out
When my head starts to spin around

Wanna know my mind, baby
Wanna know my mind

Wanna know what I am inside
And if outside is a cover
Of all of the people I may display, yeah
Whether I'm one or the other

Wanna know my mind, baby
Wanna know my mind

Nobody else should know
Nobody but you, the joy I'm thinking
I would have told you so
But you know, you've been running some
And making it hard for me to show you
Where I'm coming from, yeah, yeah

Ooh-ooh...
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...

La, la, la, la, la, la
Nobody but you should know
The joy I'm thinking, baby
La, la, la, la, la, la
But you know, you've been running some
And making it hard for me to tell you
Where I'm coming from, no

Wanna know what I think about
When lost in deep concentration
Ooh, unlock my head and check it out
You know you've got the right combination

Wanna know my hopes and aims
Wanna know my goal
Wanna know my joys and pains
Wanna know my soul

Wanna know my mind, baby
Wanna know my mind
Do you wanna know my mind, oh...
Wanna know my mind, ooh...

Wanna know my mind, ooh-ooh-oh...
Wanna know my mind, baby
Wanna know my mind
Wanna know my mind...

Arguably the greatest songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century, Robinson’s timeless creations for Motown, both for his own group and for other artists, provided the ultimate example of what a pop song can be. From The Beatles to Bob Dylan, the rest of the 60s followed in his wake

As if that wasn’t enough, he created a whole new genre in the mid-70s with “quiet storm”, a radio format named after one of his songs. He continues writing and performing today.

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