"My Girl Has Gone"
Dutch picture sleeve
Single bythe Miracles
from the albumGoing to a Go-Go
B-side	"Since You Won My Heart"
Released	September 22, 1965[1]
Recorded	August 10, 1965[1]
Studio	Hitsville USA, Detroit
Genre	Soul/pop
Length	2:54
Label	Tamla T 54123
Songwriters	Smokey Robinson Ronald White Warren Moore Marvin Tarplin
Producer	Smokey Robinson
The Miracles singles chronology
"The Tracks Of My Tears" (1965) "My Girl Has Gone" (1965) "Going to a Go-Go" (1965)

"My Girl Has Gone" is a 1965 R&B single recorded bythe Miracles forMotown's Tamla label. Included on their 1965 albumGoing to a Go-Go, "My Girl Has Gone" was the follow-up to the group's number 16Billboard Hot 100 million-selling hit "The Tracks Of My Tears".

Written by Miracles membersSmokey Robinson,Ronnie White,Pete Moore, andMarv Tarplin, the single was a Top 20 Pop hit, peaking at number 14 on theBillboard Hot 100 in theUnited States, and was also a Top 5 R&B hit, peaking at number three onBillboard'sR&B singles chart. According to Robinson, Moore, andBobby Rogers, the inspiration behind "My Girl Has Gone" was the guitar riffs of Miracles memberMarv Tarplin, who also inspired "The Tracks of My Tears". Marv employed a 12 string guitar on the song, accompanied by the other Miracles' gospel-inspired harmonies, arranged by MiraclePete Moore (who was, for years, the group's uncredited vocal arranger).^[2] As with many Miracles songs, the lyrics of "My Girl has Gone" describe the end of the narrator's relationship with his lover:

My girl has gone, and said goodbye

Don't you cry, hold your head up high

Don't give up, give love one more try,

'Cause there's a right girl for every guy.

Cash Box described it as a "plaintive, slow moving rhythmic lament which sez that broken romances aren’t so serious ’cause there’s plenty of fish in the sea."^[3]

"My Girl Has Gone" has been covered by artists such asEtienne Daho,Edwyn Collins,Ken Parker, and Motown labelmateBobby Taylor. The Miracles can be seen performing "My Girl Has Gone" on the Motown DVD release,Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: The Definitive Performances 1963–1987.

• Smokey Robinson-lead vocals, co-writer, producer
• Claudette Rogers Robinson-background vocals
• Pete Moore-background vocals, co-writer, vocal arrangements
• Ronnie White-background vocals, co-writer
• Bobby Rogers-background vocals
• Marv Tarplin-guitar, co-writer

• Other instrumentation byThe Funk Brothers

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• The Miracles songs
• Motown singles
• 1965 songs
• 1965 singles
• Songs written by Marv Tarplin
• Songs about loneliness
• Songs written by Smokey Robinson
• Songs written by Warren "Pete" Moore
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