Music Monday: The Temptations – “My Girl” (and nasty weather)
Posted By RichC on April 13, 2026
It has been a week of abnormally rainy and windy weather for the Easter spring break folks in Florida this week. Brenda and I have braved the elements (at least it is still in the 70s) and are keeping up with our beach walking now that our time down south is ending. Nevertheless, we are still enjoying it … and each other’s company. 😉
Weather aside, I’ve been humming and singing a few lines of “My Girl” while walking … to a singing along with my wife adding the harmony. It was an ear worm all last week so for Music Monday, here’s The Temptations version of the song Smokey Robinson wrote thinking about his wife. It was The Temptations first number-one single back in 1964 (lyrics below).
| The Temptations – “My Girl” | 1964 |
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it’s cold outside I’ve got the month of May.
I guess you’d say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin’ ’bout my girl (my girl).
I’ve got so much honey the bees envy me.
I’ve got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I guess you’d say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin’ ’bout my girl (my girl).
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooooh.
I don’t need no money, fortune, or fame.
I’ve got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you’d say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin’ ’bout my girl (my girl).
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day
with my girl.
I’ve even got the month of May
with my girl (fade)
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