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Lyrics to You've Really Got a Hold on me
by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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[edit]Song title: You've Really Got a Hold on me
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[edit]Lyrics language: English
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Instrumental intro.

Verse 1:
All:
I don't like you but I love you.
Seems that I'm always thinkin' of you.
Though-woah-woh, you treat me badly.
SR:
I love you madly.
You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me.
SR: You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me./
SR: /Baby.

Verse 2:
All:
I don't want you but I need you.
Don't want to kiss you but I need to.
Though-woah-woh, you do me wrong, now.
SR:
My love is strong, now.
You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me.
SR: You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me./
SR: /Baby.

Bridge:
All: I love you,
SR: And all I want you to do,
SR: Is just
All:
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me.

Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/rqxqInstrumental break.
SR: Tighter.
All: Tighter.

Verse 3:
All:
I want to leave you, don't want to stay here.
Don't want to spe-eh-end another day here.
Though-woah-woh, I wanna split now,
SR:
I can't quit now.
You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me.
SR: You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me./
SR: /Baby.

Bridge, repeated with slight changes in style and lyrics:
All: I love you,
SR: And all I want you to do,
SR: Is just GM: hold me,/ SR: /please,
GM: Hold me,/ SR: /squeeze,
All: Hold me, hold me.

Outro:
SR: You really got a hold on me.
GM: You really got a hold on me.
Fade.
SR: I said, you really got a hold on me.
GM: I said, you really got a hold on...

VOICE KEY:
Lyrics preceded with SR: denote solo by Smokey Robinson.
Lyrics preceded with GM: denote all the group members sing without SR.
Lyrics preceded with All: denote everyone sings.
Lyrics separated by a slash(es) (/) mean the lyrics on opposite
sides of the slash(es) are sung simultaneously or overlap.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles You've Really Got a Hold on me Recording details & track overview

[[YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME]]{{1a}}{{1b}}__BR__ Written by: William "Smokey" Robinson__BR__ Produced by: William "Smokey" Robinson__BR__ Performed by: The Miracles{{2a}}{{2b}}__BR__ Lyrics transcribed by: bri4daz@mp3lyrics.org__BR__ Recorded: October 16, 1962 First released:{{3}}__BR__ Single: November 9, 1962 [Length: 3:02]__BR__ Album: 1963 [Length: 2:57] {{1a}}"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" is one of the group's most covered tunes, a million-selling song and a 1998 [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]{{4}} inductee. The song was a major hit for the Miracles, reaching the Top 10 on the [[Billboard]] "Hot 100" pop chart, peaking at #8, and was a #1 smash on the [[Billboard]] "R&B Singles" chart during the winter of 1962-63. It was also the group's second single to sell over a million copies, after "Shop Around."{{5}} {{1b}}The actual name of the song is often mistakenly written as "YOU Really Got a Hold on Me." However, the major reference books, the halls of fame, the lists of "t.....MORE.....(all You've Really Got a Hold on me track/recording details) ←

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles biography

The Miracles, an African-American rhythm & blues (R&B) group from Detroit, Michigan, began in 1955 as The Five Chimes. In 1957 they changed their nameto The Matadors. In November 1958 they became The Miracles but from 1965 to1972 they were billed as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, in order to capitalize on Robinson's popularity. (However, for a time during thistransition, the labels on the singles would read "The Miracles" but the albums from which the single came would read Smokey Robinson & The Miracles. Eventually this discrepancy worked itself out. After 1972,Robinson went solo, and the remaining members returned to using the name The Miracles.

The Miracles were notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy Jr.'s1 Motown Records Corporation,2 and as one of Motown's signatureacts of the 1960s. During the same period, Smokey Robinson became one of themost successfu.....MORE.....(full Smokey Robinson & The Miracles biography) ←

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Songwriters:
   William (smokey) Jr. Robinson
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