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{{Short description|1960 song recorded by the Miracles}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Shop Around
| name = Shop Around
| image = Shop around by the miracles US single side-A variant A.png
| cover = Shop_Around_-_The_Miracles.jpg
| alt =
| alt = side-A label
| caption = Side A of the US single
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[The Miracles]]
| artist = [[the Miracles]]
| album = [[Hi... We're the Miracles]]
| album = [[Hi... We're the Miracles]]
| B-side = [[Who's Lovin' You]]
| B-side = [[Who's Lovin' You]]
| released = {{start date|1960|09|27}}
| released = September 27, [[1960 in music|1960]] {{small|(regional)}} <br /> October 15, [[1960 in music|1960]] {{small|(national)}}
| recorded = 1960
| format = [[Single (music)|7" single]]
| recorded = [[Hitsville USA]] {{small|(Studio A)}}<br />1960
| studio = [[Hitsville USA]] (Studio A)
| studio =
| genre =
* [[Soul music|Soul]]
| venue =
* [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name="Number Ones 2022">{{cite book|last= Breihan|first= Tom|chapter= The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go|date= November 15, 2022|title= The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music|publisher=[[Hachette Book Group]]|location= New York|page= 52}}</ref>
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name= "Breihan 2018">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Lawrence Welk's "Calcutta"|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= March 19, 2018 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/1987643/the-number-ones-lawrence-welks-calcutta/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...the Miracles came close to #1 with “Shop Around,” an absolutely perfect pop song...|accessdate= June 8, 2023}}</ref>
| length = {{plainlist|
| length =
* {{Duration|m=3|s=04}} {{small|(Detroit version)}}
* {{Duration|m=2|s=50}} {{small|(National hit version)}}
* 3:04 (Detroit version)
* {{Duration|2:50}} (national hit version)
}}
| label = [[Motown|Tamla]]<br />{{small|T 54034}}
| label = [[Motown|Tamla]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
| writer =
* [[Smokey Robinson]]
* [[Smokey Robinson]]
* [[Berry Gordy]]
* [[Berry Gordy]]
}}
| producer = Berry Gordy
| producer = Berry Gordy
| prev_title = [[Way Over There]]
| prev_title = [[Way Over There]]
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| next_title = [[Who's Lovin' You]]
| next_title = [[Who's Lovin' You]]
| next_year = 1960
| next_year = 1960
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|type=song|{{YouTube|eE36-7_pwI0|"Shop Around"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Shop Around'''" is a song originally recorded by [[The Miracles]] on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label. It was written by Miracles lead singer [[Smokey Robinson]] and Motown Records founder [[Berry Gordy]]. It became a smash hit in 1960 when originally recorded by The Miracles, reaching number one on the [[Billboard R&B chart|''Billboard'' R&B chart]], number one on the Cash Box Magazine Top 100 Pop Chart, and number 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. It was The Miracles first million-selling hit record, and the first-million-selling hit for the Motown Record Corporation. This landmark single was a multiple award winner for The Miracles, having been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2006, inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of [[500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll]], and honored by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' as #500 in their list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] .
"'''Shop Around'''" is a song originally recorded by [[the Miracles]] on [[Motown Records]]' Tamla subsidiary label. It was written by Miracles lead singer [[Smokey Robinson]] and Motown Records founder [[Berry Gordy]]. It became a smash hit in 1960 when originally recorded by the Miracles, reaching number one on the [[Billboard R&B chart|''Billboard'' R&B chart]], number one on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top 100 Pop Chart, and number two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. It was the Miracles' first million-selling hit record, and the first-million-selling hit for the Motown Record Corporation.
The single was a multiple award winner for the Miracles, having been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2006, inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of [[500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll]], and honored by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' as #500 in their list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]], dropping it five spots from number 495 in the 2004 version.


==The Miracles original version==
==The Miracles original version==
{{More citations|section|date=May 2023}}
===Background===
===Background===
The original version of "Shop Around" by [[the Miracles]] (credited as "The Miracles featuring [[Smokey Robinson|Bill 'Smokey' Robinson]]"), was released in 1960 on [[Motown]]'s Tamla label, catalog number T 54034. The song, written by Smokey Robinson and [[Berry Gordy]], depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a girlfriend or wife ("My mama told me/'you better shop around'").<ref name=pc25>{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19780/m1/ |title=Show 25 - The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 4] }}</ref> The original version of the song had a strong [[blues]] influence, and was released in the local area of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], before Gordy decided that the song needed to be re-recorded to achieve wider commercial appeal. At 3 a.m. one morning, the Miracles (Robinson, [[Claudette Rogers]], [[Bobby Rogers]], [[Ronnie White]], and [[Warren "Pete" Moore|Pete Moore]]) recorded a new, [[pop music|poppier]] version of the song that became a major national hit. The original record label credits Bill "Smokey" Robinson as the writer, with Berry Gordy as producer. On the ''[[American Top 40]]'' program of July 4, 1987, [[Casey Kasem]] reported that Gordy had previously rejected 100 songs by Robinson as "garbage" before accepting the 101st, "Shop Around," as "a hit."
The original version of "Shop Around" by [[the Miracles]] (credited as "The Miracles featuring [[Smokey Robinson|Bill 'Smokey' Robinson]]"), was released in 1960 on [[Motown]]'s Tamla label, catalog number T 54034.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/t54034|title=45cat - The Miracles - Shop Around / Who's Lovin You - Tamla - USA - T-54034}}</ref> The song, written by Smokey Robinson and [[Berry Gordy]], depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a girlfriend or wife ("My mama told me/'you better shop around'").<ref name=pc25>{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19780/m1/ |title=Show 25 – The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 4]}}</ref> The original version of the song had a strong [[blues]] influence, and was released in the local area of [[Detroit]], Michigan, before Gordy decided that the song needed to be re-recorded to achieve wider commercial appeal. At 3 a.m. one morning, the Miracles (Robinson, [[Claudette Rogers Robinson]], [[Bobby Rogers]], [[Ronnie White]], and [[Warren "Pete" Moore|Pete Moore]]) recorded a new, [[pop music|poppier]] version of the song that became a major national hit.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgldDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shop+Around%22+robinson+miracles+3+a.m.&pg=RA1-PT3 |title=America's Songs III: Rock! |first=Bruce |last=Pollock |year=2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781317269632}}</ref> The original record label credits Robinson as the writer, with Berry Gordy as producer. On the ''[[American Top 40]]'' program of July 4, 1987, [[Casey Kasem]] reported that Gordy had previously rejected 100 songs by Robinson as "garbage" before accepting the 101st, "Shop Around," as "a hit."


The single was the first Motown record to be released in the UK, on [[Decca Records]]' [[London Records|London]] label. Pictured in the infobox is the subsequent [[Extended play|EP]] release, coupling the "Shop Around" single with its follow-up, "Ain't It Baby". The two singles and the EP were the only Motown releases on the London label.
The single was the first Motown record to be released in the UK, on [[Decca Records]]' [[London Recordings|London]] label. The subsequent [[Extended play|EP]] release, coupled the "Shop Around" single with its follow-up, "Ain't It Baby". The two singles and the EP were the only Motown releases on the London label.


===Reception===
===Reception===
"Shop Around" was a big hit for the Miracles, becoming the group's first number 1 hit on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' [[R&B singles chart]], spending eight weeks at the top, and also hitting No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], behind "[[Calcutta (song)|Calcutta]]" by [[Lawrence Welk]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=404}}</ref><ref>https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-02-20</ref> "Shop Around" also reached No. 1 on the ''[[Cash Box]]'' magazine Top 100 pop chart and is also noted for being the first million-selling record for the Miracles and for the Motown Record Corporation,<ref name=pc25/> as well as a 2006 [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] inductee. The [[B-side]] to "Shop Around", "[[Who's Lovin' You]]", also saw a plethora of covers, including a version by [[The Jackson 5]] in 1969.
"Shop Around" was a big hit for the Miracles, becoming the group's first number 1 hit on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' [[R&B singles chart]], spending eight weeks at the top, and also hitting No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], behind "[[Calcutta (song)|Calcutta]]" by [[Lawrence Welk]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=404}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1961-02-20|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> "Shop Around" also reached No. 1 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' magazine Top 100 pop chart and is also noted for being the first million-selling record for the Miracles and for the Motown Record Corporation,<ref name="Finkelman"/> as well as a 2006 [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] inductee. The [[B-side]] to "Shop Around", "[[Who's Lovin' You]]", also saw a plethora of covers, including a version by [[the Jackson 5]] in 1969.


"Shop Around" inspired an [[answer record]], "Don't Let Him Shop Around" by [[Debbie Dean (singer)|Debbie Dean]]. Dean's "Don't Let Him Shop Around" charted No. 92 on the Hot 100 in February 1961 and was Dean's only chart entry. [[Smokey Robinson]] later recorded a sequel song for his 1987 album ''[[One Heartbeat]]'', entitled "It's Time to Stop Shopping Around".
"Shop Around" inspired an [[answer record]], "Don't Let Him Shop Around" by [[Debbie Dean (singer)|Debbie Dean]]. Dean's "Don't Let Him Shop Around" charted No. 92 on the Hot 100 in February 1961 and was Dean's only chart entry. [[Smokey Robinson]] later recorded a sequel song for his 1987 album ''[[One Heartbeat]]'', entitled "It's Time to Stop Shopping Around".


===Awards and accolades===
===Awards and accolades===
* The [[Motown]] Record Corporation's first million-selling hit record.<ref name="Finkelman">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&dq=Motown+million+hit+record+%22shop+around%22&pg=RA1-PA315 |last=Finkelman |first=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T |year=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=315|isbn=978-0-19-516779-5 }}</ref>
* The [[Motown]] Record Corporation's first million-selling hit record.
* Inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
* Inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
* The Motown Record Corporation's first ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' number-one R&B hit. It held the No. 1 position on the ''Billboard'' R&B Chart for 8 consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-miracles/ |title=Inductee explorer &#124; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |website=Rockhall.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-26}}</ref>
* The Motown Record Corporation's first ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' number-one R&B hit. It held the No. 1 position on the ''Billboard'' R&B Chart for 8 consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-miracles/ |title=Inductee explorer &#124; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |website=Rockhall.com |access-date=2016-09-26}}</ref>
* Ranked as No. 500 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596340/shop_around/1|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2008-06-19}}</ref>
* Ranked as No. 500 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596340/shop_around/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904235930/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596340/shop_around/1|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2009|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=2008-06-19}}</ref>
* Reached number one on the ''[[Cash Box]]'' magazine Pop chart.
* Reached number one on the '''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' magazine pop chart.
* The first Motown Records song to reach the top 5 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart (No. 2).
* The first Motown Records song to reach the top 5 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart (No. 2).
* Honored by the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".
* Honored by the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".


===Track listings===
===Personnel===
'''The Miracles'''
# "Shop Around" - 2:50
*[[Smokey Robinson]] – lead vocals, writer
# "Who's Lovin' You" - 3:06
*[[Marv Tarplin]] – guitar
*[[Claudette Rogers Robinson]] – background vocals
*[[Warren "Pete" Moore|Pete Moore]] – background vocals
*[[Ronnie White]] – background vocals
*[[Bobby Rogers]] – background vocals

'''Additional personnel'''<ref>The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 1: 1959–1961 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records</ref>
*[[Berry Gordy]] – piano, writer, producer
*[[The Funk Brothers]] – other instrumentation
**[[Joe Hunter (musician)|Joe Hunter]] – keyboards<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/06/guardianobituaries.pop|title = Obituary: Joe Hunter| newspaper=The Guardian |date = 6 February 2007 | last1=Laing | first1=Dave }}</ref>
**[[James Jamerson]] – bass<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WV5HlgC6HU4C|title = Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson|isbn = 9780881888829|last1 = Jamerson|first1 = James|year = 1989| publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}</ref>
**[[Benny Benjamin]] – drums
**Ron Wakefield – tenor saxophone
**[[Mike Terry (saxophonist)|Mike Terry]] – baritone saxophone<ref>Thornton, Jason H. 'The Andrew "Mike" Terry Story', There's That Beat! The Rare Soul Magazine, Issue 4, 2007, UK</ref>


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
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====Weekly charts====
====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Shop Around"
!scope="col"|Chart (1960–1961)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Canada ([[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/61-01-30-chart.jpg|title=CHUM Tribute Charts, January 30, 1961}}</ref>
!align="left"|Chart (1960–61)
| style="text-align:center;"|11
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[R&B]]
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' [[R&B]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1961YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1961 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |accessdate=2016-03-12 }}</ref>
!scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1961YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1961 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2016-03-12 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
|}
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====Year-end charts====
====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Shop Around"
!scope="col"|Chart (1961)
!scope="col"|Rank
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>
!align="left"|Chart (1961)
{{Cite magazine
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|date=January 6, 1962
|-
|title=Chart Toppers: Hot 100 for 1961
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1960.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1960/Top 100 Songs of 1960 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-26}}</ref>
|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
|volume=74
|issue=1
|issn=0006-2510
|page=33
}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
|-
|U.S. ''Cash Box'' <ref name="autogenerated1"/>
!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box''<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| style="text-align:center;"|25
|}
|}
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==Personnel==
===The Miracles===

*[[Smokey Robinson]] - lead vocals
*[[Marv Tarplin]] - guitar
*[[Claudette Rogers Robinson]] - background vocals
*[[Warren "Pete" Moore|Pete Moore]] - background vocals
*[[Ronnie White]] - background vocals
*[[Bobby Rogers]] - background vocals
*Other instrumentation by [[The Funk Brothers]]
**Ron Wakefield - tenor saxophone
**[[Mike Terry (saxophonist)|Mike Terry]] - baritone saxophone<ref>Thornton, Jason H. 'The Andrew "Mike" Terry Story', There's That Beat! The Rare Soul Magazine, Issue 4, 2007, UK</ref>


==Captain & Tennille version==
==Captain & Tennille version==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Shop Around
| name = Shop Around
| cover = Shop_Around_-_Captain_&_Tennille.jpg
| cover = Shop Around - Captain & Tennille.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
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| album = [[Song of Joy (album)|Song of Joy]]
| album = [[Song of Joy (album)|Song of Joy]]
| B-side = Butterscotch Castle
| B-side = Butterscotch Castle
| released = April [[1976 in music|1976]]
| released = 1976
| format = [[Single (music)|7" single]]
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=29}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=29}}
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]<br /> 1817
| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
| writer =
* [[Smokey Robinson]]
* [[Smokey Robinson]]
* [[Berry Gordy]]
* [[Berry Gordy]]
}}
| producer = Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille
| producer = Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille
| prev_title = [[Lonely Night (Angel Face)]]
| prev_title = [[Lonely Night (Angel Face)]]
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===Background===
===Background===
In 1976, the American [[pop music]] duo [[Captain & Tennille]] recorded their version of "Shop Around" for their second studio album, ''[[Song of Joy (album)|Song of Joy]]'', issued on the [[A&M Records]] label. [[Toni Tennille]] changed the lyrics slightly so that they were sung from a woman's perspective. The "Shop Around" single was produced by the duo and featured the song "Butterscotch Castle" as its [[B-side]].
In 1976, the American [[pop music]] duo [[Captain & Tennille]] released their version of "Shop Around" for their second studio album, ''[[Song of Joy (album)|Song of Joy]]'', issued on the [[A&M Records]] label. [[Toni Tennille]] changed the lyrics slightly so that they were sung from a woman's perspective. The "Shop Around" single was produced by the duo and featured the song "Butterscotch Castle" as its [[B-side]]. The single first entered the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart on May 1, 1976, at number 62.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1976-04-30 |title=The Hot 100 – week of May 1, 1976 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref>


===Reception===
===Reception===
Released as the second single of Captain & Tennille from the ''Song of Joy'' album, their version of "Shop Around" was a success. The single reached number 4 in Canada on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' singles chart and peaked at number 4 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. Their version became a gold record, and also topped the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|easy listening chart]] for one week in 1976.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=45}}</ref>
Released as the second single of Captain & Tennille from the ''Song of Joy'' album, their version of "Shop Around" was a success. The single reached number 4 in Canada on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' singles chart and peaked at number 4 on the US Hot 100 chart on July 9, 1976.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/captain-tennille/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Chart History: Captain & Tennille – Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 3, 2021}}</ref> While not out-charting The Miracles' original, their version became a gold record, and also topped the ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|easy listening chart]] for one week in 1976.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=45}}</ref>

===Track listings===
# "Shop Around" - 3:29
# "Butterscotch Castle" - 3:19


===Chart performance===
===Chart performance===
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|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4167a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4167a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4167a|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1976-07-03 |accessdate=2018-08-02}}</ref>
|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4167a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4167a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4167a|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1976-07-03 |access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4149&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4149.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4149|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1976-06-19 |accessdate=2018-07-09}}</ref>
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4149&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4149.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4149|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1976-06-19 |access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
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|New Zealand ([[RIANZ]])<ref>[https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/index?chart=2698 New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart, 2 August 1976]</ref>
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|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="autogenerated1955">''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002'', {{ISBN|978-0898201550}}</ref>
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|align="left"|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19760626.html |title=Top 100 1976-06-26 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2016-07-26 }}</ref>
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|U.S. ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1976 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2016-06-05 }}</ref>
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===Personnel===
===Personnel===
*[[Toni Tennille]] - piano, vocals, background vocal
*[[Toni Tennille]] – piano, vocals, background vocal
*[[Daryl Dragon]] - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
*[[Daryl Dragon]] – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
*[[Hal Blaine]] - drums, percussion
*[[Hal Blaine]] – drums, percussion
*Gary Sims - bass vocal
*Gary Sims – bass vocal


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
"Shop Around" has been covered many times, including versions by:
* [[Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames]], (1964, "Do The Dog" EP, [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]: ESRF 1516)<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Georgie-Fame-The-Blue-Flames-Do-The-Dog/release/7614250]</ref><ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/song/shop-around-mt0003065274]</ref>
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* [[The Liverbirds]], (1964 debut single){{cn|date=October 2019}}
* [[Mary Wells]] (1961)<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIUDsSwiY_EC&dq=%22Shop+Around%22+%22mary+wells%22&pg=PT305 |chapter=Pair REcords Albums |title=Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar |last=Benjaminson |first=Peter |year=2012 |publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-529-8 }}</ref>
* The song inspired many cover versions, over 20 are listed on [https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/56020 secondhandsongs]
* [[Johnnie Ray]] (1961)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BwwLBaH9488C&dq=%22Shop+Around%22+%22johnnie+ray%22&pg=PT117 | isbn=978-0-85712-360-2 | title=1,000 UK Number One Hits | date=26 May 2010 | publisher=Omnibus Press }}</ref>
* [[Georgie Fame|Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames]] (1964)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LEc_DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shop+Around%22+%22georgie+fame%22&pg=PA204 |last=Flory |first=Andrew |title=I Hear a Symphony: Motown and Crossover R&B |year=2017 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0472-0368-68 |page=204}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Kidd & the Pirates]] (1964)
* [[Bobby Vee]] (1965)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ko6LDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shop+Around%22+%22bobby+vee%22&pg=PA100 | isbn=978-1-365-05412-9 | title=The Music of Bobby Vee | date=19 April 2016 | publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref>
* Russ Giguere (1971)
* [[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]] (1983)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://classic.motown.com/story/miracles-shop-around/|title=The Miracles – "Shop Around"}}</ref>
* [[The Astronauts (band)|The Astronauts]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3053600-The-Astronauts-Astronauts-Orbit-Kampus|title=The Astronauts – Astronauts Orbit Kampus|date=July 4, 1964|via=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
* [[Don Bryant (songwriter)|Don Bryant]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/452143|title=45cat - Don Bryant - Shop Around / I'll Go Crazy - Hi - USA - 45-2143}}</ref>
* The Allusions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-allusions-mw0001709960|title=Allusions – The Allusions Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
* [[Blowfly (musician)|Clarence Reid]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.funkmysoul.gr/clarence-reid-dancin-with-nobody-but-you-babe/|title=Clarence Reid – 1969 – Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe Free Download|date=April 20, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Neil Merryweather]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/sp45249|title=45cat - Merryweather And Carey - If I Were You / Shop Around - RCA - USA - SP-45-249}}</ref>
* [[Lynn Carey]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/476419-Merryweather-Carey-Vacuum-Cleaner|title=Merryweather & Carey – Vacuum Cleaner|date=November 4, 1971|via=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
* [[Angie Miller (American singer)|Angela Miller]]
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==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
*''Hits Of The Sixties: The Million Sellers'' by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells, Batsford Ltd., 1990, {{ISBN|978-0713458510}}, (pg 43).
*''Hits of the Sixties: The Million Sellers'' by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells, Batsford Ltd., 1990, {{ISBN|978-0713458510}}, (pg 43).


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|eE36-7_pwI0|Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Shop Around (Lyric Video)}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5509mcQd8 ''Shop Around- by The Miracles''] (YouTube video)
* {{YouTube|mVJEJHi3daE|Captain & Tennille – Shop Around}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|the-miracles|shop-around}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


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"Shop Around"
side-A label
Side A of the US single
Single by the Miracles
from the album Hi... We're the Miracles
B-side"Who's Lovin' You"
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1960 (1960-09-27)
Recorded1960
StudioHitsville USA (Studio A)
Genre
Length
  • 3:04 (Detroit version)
  • 2:50 (national hit version)
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Berry Gordy
The Miracles singles chronology
"Way Over There"
(1960) 		"Shop Around"
(1960) 		"Who's Lovin' You"
(1960)
Official audio
"Shop Around" on YouTube

"Shop Around" is a song originally recorded by the Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label. It was written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. It became a smash hit in 1960 when originally recorded by the Miracles, reaching number one on the Billboard R&B chart, number one on the Cashbox Top 100 Pop Chart, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was the Miracles' first million-selling hit record, and the first-million-selling hit for the Motown Record Corporation.

The single was a multiple award winner for the Miracles, having been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006, inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, and honored by Rolling Stone as #500 in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, dropping it five spots from number 495 in the 2004 version.

The Miracles original version

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Background

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The original version of "Shop Around" by the Miracles (credited as "The Miracles featuring Bill 'Smokey' Robinson"), was released in 1960 on Motown's Tamla label, catalog number T 54034.[3] The song, written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, depicts a mother giving her now-grown son advice about how to find a woman worthy of being a girlfriend or wife ("My mama told me/'you better shop around'").[4] The original version of the song had a strong blues influence, and was released in the local area of Detroit, Michigan, before Gordy decided that the song needed to be re-recorded to achieve wider commercial appeal. At 3 a.m. one morning, the Miracles (Robinson, Claudette Rogers Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, and Pete Moore) recorded a new, poppier version of the song that became a major national hit.[5] The original record label credits Robinson as the writer, with Berry Gordy as producer. On the American Top 40 program of July 4, 1987, Casey Kasem reported that Gordy had previously rejected 100 songs by Robinson as "garbage" before accepting the 101st, "Shop Around," as "a hit."

The single was the first Motown record to be released in the UK, on Decca Records' London label. The subsequent EP release, coupled the "Shop Around" single with its follow-up, "Ain't It Baby". The two singles and the EP were the only Motown releases on the London label.

Reception

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"Shop Around" was a big hit for the Miracles, becoming the group's first number 1 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart, spending eight weeks at the top, and also hitting No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk.[6][7] "Shop Around" also reached No. 1 on the Cashbox magazine Top 100 pop chart and is also noted for being the first million-selling record for the Miracles and for the Motown Record Corporation,[8] as well as a 2006 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. The B-side to "Shop Around", "Who's Lovin' You", also saw a plethora of covers, including a version by the Jackson 5 in 1969.

"Shop Around" inspired an answer record, "Don't Let Him Shop Around" by Debbie Dean. Dean's "Don't Let Him Shop Around" charted No. 92 on the Hot 100 in February 1961 and was Dean's only chart entry. Smokey Robinson later recorded a sequel song for his 1987 album One Heartbeat, entitled "It's Time to Stop Shopping Around".

Awards and accolades

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Personnel

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The Miracles

Additional personnel[11]

Chart performance

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Captain & Tennille version

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"Shop Around"
Single by Captain & Tennille
from the album Song of Joy
B-side"Butterscotch Castle"
Released1976
GenrePop
Length3:29
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille
Captain & Tennille singles chronology
"Lonely Night (Angel Face)"
(1976) 		"Shop Around"
(1976) 		"Muskrat Love"
(1976)

Background

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In 1976, the American pop music duo Captain & Tennille released their version of "Shop Around" for their second studio album, Song of Joy, issued on the A&M Records label. Toni Tennille changed the lyrics slightly so that they were sung from a woman's perspective. The "Shop Around" single was produced by the duo and featured the song "Butterscotch Castle" as its B-side. The single first entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 1, 1976, at number 62.[18]

Reception

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Released as the second single of Captain & Tennille from the Song of Joy album, their version of "Shop Around" was a success. The single reached number 4 in Canada on the RPM singles chart and peaked at number 4 on the US Hot 100 chart on July 9, 1976.[19] While not out-charting The Miracles' original, their version became a gold record, and also topped the Billboard easy listening chart for one week in 1976.[20]

Chart performance

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Personnel

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Other versions

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"Shop Around" has been covered many times, including versions by:

See also

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References

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  • Hits of the Sixties: The Million Sellers by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells, Batsford Ltd., 1990, ISBN 978-0713458510, (pg 43).

Notes

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  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 52.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (March 19, 2018). "The Number Ones: Lawrence Welk's "Calcutta"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 8, 2023. ...the Miracles came close to #1 with "Shop Around," an absolutely perfect pop song...
  3. ^ "45cat - The Miracles - Shop Around / Who's Lovin You - Tamla - USA - T-54034".
  4. ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 25 – The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 4]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  5. ^ Pollock, Bruce (2017). America's Songs III: Rock!. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317269632.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 404.
  7. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  8. ^ a b Finkelman, Paul (2009). Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T. Oxford University Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-19-516779-5.
  9. ^ "Inductee explorer | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame". Rockhall.com. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  10. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  11. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 1: 1959–1961 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
  12. ^ Laing, Dave (6 February 2007). "Obituary: Joe Hunter". The Guardian.
  13. ^ Jamerson, James (1989). Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780881888829.
  14. ^ Thornton, Jason H. 'The Andrew "Mike" Terry Story', There's That Beat! The Rare Soul Magazine, Issue 4, 2007, UK
  15. ^ "CHUM Tribute Charts, January 30, 1961".
  16. ^ a b "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1961". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  17. ^ "Chart Toppers: Hot 100 for 1961". Billboard. Vol. 74, no. 1. January 6, 1962. p. 33. ISSN 0006-2510.
  18. ^ "The Hot 100 – week of May 1, 1976". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "Chart History: Captain & Tennille – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  20. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 45.
  21. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-07-03. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  22. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-06-19. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  23. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  24. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002, ISBN 978-0898201550
  25. ^ "Top 100 1976-06-26". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  26. ^ "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  27. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1976". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  28. ^ Benjaminson, Peter (2012). "Pair REcords Albums". Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61374-529-8.
  29. ^ 1,000 UK Number One Hits. Omnibus Press. 26 May 2010. ISBN 978-0-85712-360-2.
  30. ^ Flory, Andrew (2017). I Hear a Symphony: Motown and Crossover R&B. University of Michigan Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0472-0368-68.
  31. ^ The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. 19 April 2016. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
  32. ^ "The Miracles – "Shop Around"".
  33. ^ "The Astronauts – Astronauts Orbit Kampus". July 4, 1964 – via www.discogs.com.
  34. ^ "45cat - Don Bryant - Shop Around / I'll Go Crazy - Hi - USA - 45-2143".
  35. ^ "Allusions – The Allusions Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  36. ^ "Clarence Reid – 1969 – Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe Free Download". April 20, 2009.
  37. ^ "45cat - Merryweather And Carey - If I Were You / Shop Around - RCA - USA - SP-45-249".
  38. ^ "Merryweather & Carey – Vacuum Cleaner". November 4, 1971 – via www.discogs.com.
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