Smokey Robinson

Released: March 26, 1975

Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Rose Ella Jones

Producer: Smokey Robinson

Soft and warm a quiet storm
Quiet as when flowers talk at break of dawn
Break of dawn
A power source of tender force generating
Radiating
Turn me on, turn them on

You short-circuit all my nerves
Promising electric things
You touch me and suddenly there's rainbow rings

Quiet storm
Blowin' through my life
Oh, quiet storm
Blowin' through my life
Oh, blow baby

Windy sigh
Weaken my
Butterfly caught up in a hurricane, hurricane
Lucky me, I'm better free
Suddenly I'm caught up in your somber rain

Shower me with your sweet love
I will bathe in every drop
Through all the seasons
Let it pour and never stop

Quiet storm
Blowin' through my life
Through my life
You're just like a quiet storm
Blowin' through my life

Shower me with your sweet love
I will bathe in every drop
Through all the seasons
Let it pour and never stop

Quiet storm
Blowin' through my life, through my life
You're just like a quiet storm
Blowin' through my life
Blow baby, blow, baby

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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A Quiet Storm (1975)
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