US release : January, 1972
Produced by The Corporation
& Hal Davis
Executive producer : Berry Gordy
Recorded 1971, Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
Photography : Jim Britt

L'interieur et le disque

Reprise de Bill Withers
Album "Just As I Am"
Arranged by Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy, Deke Richards & Eddy Manson
Produced by Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy & Deke Richards
Interior Music (BMI)

 Les paroles :

You ever want something
That you know you shouldn’t have
The more you know you shouldn’t have it
The more you want it
And then one day you get it
It’s so good to you
But it’s just like my girl
When she’s around me
I just feel good, so good
But right now I just feel cold, so cold
Right down to my bones
’Cause...

Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
It’s not warm when she’s away
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And she’s always gone too long
Anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she’s gone
Wonder if she’s going to stay
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home
Anytime she goes away

Oh, I know, I know, I know, I know
Oh, Iknow, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave
I ought to leave her alone
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone

Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
Only darkness every day
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home
Anytime she goes away

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2.I Wanna Be Where You Are (2:59) 

Ecrit par T-Boy Ross et Leaon Ware
Arrangé par James Anthony Carmichael
Produit par Hal Davis/Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

Repris par Marvin Gaye, dans une version plus soul, en 1976, sur son album "I Want You", et par Jose Feliciano en décembre 1981.

2ème au hit-parade R&B
16ème au hit-parade Pop

Les Paroles

Can it be I stayed away too long
Did I leave your mind
When I was gone
It’s not my thing
Tryin’ to get back
But this time let me tell where I’m at

You don’t have to worry
’Cause I’m comin’ back
To where I should have always stayed
And now I’ve learned the meaning
To your story
And it’s enough love for me to stay

Can it be I stayed away too long
Did I leave your mind
When I was gone
Well, it’s not my thing
Tryin’ to get back
But this time let me tell where I’m at

I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
Anywhere you are, o-oh
I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
Anywhere you are, o-oh

Please don’t close the door
To our future
There’s so many things
We haven’t tried
I will love you better
Than I used to
And give you all the love
I have inside

I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
Any, any, any, anywhere you are, o-oh
I wanna, wanna be where you are, o-oh
I gotta, gotta be where you are, o-oh
I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
Yeah, yeah, baby now
I wanna be, I wanna be, oh
I wanna be, I wanna be, oh

3.Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me (3:47)

Ecrit par Willie Hutch
Arrangé par Gene Page
Produit par Willie Hutch /Jobete Music Compagny, Inc (BMI)

Les paroles :

No, no
No, no

Foolish of me
I couldn’t see the forest for the trees
You’ve been so true
I’ve been so cruel to you
Oh, girl, please don’t leave me
If you stay
I’ll find a way to erase the past
Baby, don’t leave me
Girl, don’t take your love from me

Oh, girl
What can I say to make you stay
Baby, don’t leave me
You’ve been so kind
It blows my mind to know
Oh, girl, I really hurt you

Tell me girl, it’s not too late
And you’ll give me a chance
To make it up to you
Don’t take your love from me
Girl, don’t take your love
No, no, no, no
Don’t take your love

Girl, if you take your love away from me
I’m gonna be in misery
How will I make when it’s gone
Of all the little things I wanted to say
I really wanted to do
Girl, this time

Oh, girl, I really mean it
So tell me, girl, it’s not too late
And you’ll give me a chance
To make it up to you
Don’t take your love from me
Girl, don’t take your love
Don’t take your love

Don’t leave me, girl
Don’t take your love from me
Baby, don’t take your love from me
Don’t take your love from me

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4.In Our Small Way (3:38)

Ecrit par Bea Verdi et Christine Yarian
Arrangé par The Corporation & Eddy Manson
Produit par The Corporation

45 tours 4 titres :
Ben
We've Got A Good Thing Going
You Can Cry On My Shoulder
In Our Small Way

Les Paroles :

Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today
In our small way

Empty words are not enough
Where there’s hurt
We’ll be a crutch
When there’s a thirst
We’ll fill each other’s cup
Because we care
We love enough to share

Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today
In our small way

In despair we’ll be the hope
And the prayer that frees the soul
We’ll be there to share each lonely road
Because we love
I know we care enough

Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today
In our small way

Just a little time is all it takes
What a difference just a smile can make, you’ll see
Love is all we need

Maybe you and I can’t do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today
In our small way

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5.Got To Be There (3:23)

(Chanson d'ouverture de page)

US release : January, 1972
Produced by The Corporation
& Hal Davis
Executive producer : Berry Gordy
Recorded 1971, Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
Photography : Jim Britt

4ème au hit-parade R&B
4ème au hit-parade Pop

Les Paroles :

Got to be there
I got to be there
In the morning
When she says hello to the world
Got to be there
I got to be there
Bring her good times
And show her that she’s my girl

Oh, what a feeling there’ll be
The moment I know she loves me
’Cause when I look in her eyes I realize
I need her sharing the world beside me

So I got to be there
I Got to be there in the morning
And welcome her into my world
And show her that she’s my girl
When she says, ‘Hello world!’
I need her sharing the world beside me

That’s why I’ve got to be there
I got to be there where love begins
And dance everywhere she goes
I’ve got to be there so she knows
That when she’s with me
She’s home

Got to be there
Got to be there

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6.Rockin' Robin (2:51)

 

(Written and composed by Jimmie Thomas)
Arranged by James Anthony Carmichael
Produced by Mel Larson & Jerry Marcellino
Executive Producer : Berry Gordy
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

Version originale par Bobby Day,
Album "Bobby Day" (1959)

2ème au hit-parade R&B
2ème au hit-parade Pop

Les Paroles :

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

Rockin’ robin, rock rock
Rockin’ robin
Blow rockin’ robin
’Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight

Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin’ their wings singing go bird go

Rockin’ robin, rock rock
Rockin’ robin
Blow rockin’ robin
’Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight
Yeah, yeah

Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bop and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriol

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and boppin’ and singing this song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

Rockin’ robin, rock rock
Rockin’ robin
Blow rockin’ robin
’Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight

Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bop and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriol

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin’ and boppin’ and singing this song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

Rockin’ robin, rock rock
Rockin’ robin
Blow rockin’ robin
’Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight

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7.Wings Of My Love (3:38)

Ecrit par The Corporation et Gene Page
Produit par The Corporation /Jobete Music Compagny, Inc (BMI)

Les paroles :

When this old world gets you down
When your spirit’s on the ground
Just remember I will always be around
Just climb on the wings of my love
I’ll take you high on the wings of my love

When you’re feeling all alone
Like a child who’s got no home
You know you’ve got a place
Where you can go
Just climb on the wings of my love

Like a beach that knows no boundaries
Above the trees
As it rushes to the seas
Darling, you’ll be just as free
I’ll lift your spirits high
Our love will fly
We’ll have heaven blue skies
And forever sunshine

’Til you break those ties that bind
’Til the day you’re really mine
Anytime you wanna leave your world behind
Just climb on the wings of my love

I’ll lift your spirits high
Our love will fly
We’ll have heaven blue skies
And forever sunshine
We’ve got rainbows yet to find
And we’ll find them all in time
Girl, I know someday we’ll even touch the sky
Just climb on the wings of my love

Anytime you wanna live your world behind
I’ll take you high on the wings of my love
Just take my hand and together
We’ll touch the sky
Just climb on the wings of my love
Yes, remember I will always be around
I’ll take you high on the wings of my love

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8.MARIA (You Were The Only One) (3:41)

Ecrit par George Gordy, Lawrence Brown, Allen Story et Linda Glover
Arrangé par James Anthony Carmichael
Produit par Hal Davis/ Jobete Music Compagny, Inc (BMI)

Les Paroles :

Maria, hey hey, hey, hey, hey, Maria
Maria, don’t you hear me calling, Maria ?
Maria, girl, you know you were the only one
Hey hey, hey, hey, hey, Maria
Maria, don’t you miss me a little
Maria, after all you were the only one
Come on back to me, Maria
Maria, come on back to me girl

Hey hey, hey, hey, hey, Maria
Maria it’s been long, so long
Maria, since you’ve been
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Maria
Maria, don’t you need me just a little
Maria, ’cause honest girl
You were the only one
Come on back to me, Maria
Oh, come on back to me girl

Maria, ooh baby
I need you
Maria, why, why d’you keep on running away
Oh baby, yeah Maria
I need you honey
Oh, Maria, you sweet little sunflower
Oh, hear my plea for sympathy
I just want you here with me, Maria
If you’re on that lonely night
What’s my life without you girl ?
I’m so alone and I’m so blue
Without you darling my life is through

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9.Love Is Here And Now You're Gone (2:51)

Ecrit par Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier et Edward Holland, Jr
Produit par Hal Davis/Jobete Music Compagny, Inc (BMI)

Version originale par The Supremes
sur l'album "The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland" (Motown, 1967)

Les Paroles :

Love is here
And oh, my darling, now you’re gone
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now you’re gone
You persuaded me to love you
And I did
But instead of tenderness
I found heartache instead
Into your arms
I fell so unaware of the loneliness
That was waiting there

You closed the door to your heart, girl
And you turned the key
Locked your love away from me

Love is here
And oh, my darling, now you’re gone
You made me love you
And oh, my darling, now you’re gone
You said loving you
Would make life beautiful
With each passing day
But as soon as love came
Into my heart
You turned and you walked
Just walked away

You stripped me of my dreams
You gave me faith, then you took my hope
Look at me now

Look at me
See what loving you has done to me
Look at my face
See how cryin’ has left its trace
After you made me all your own
Then you left me all alone
You made your words sound so sweet
Knowing that your love I couldn’t keep

My heart cries out for your touch
But baby, you’re not there
And the lonely cry fades in the air

Love is here
And oh, my darling, now you’re gone
Love is here
And oh, my darling, now you’re gone
You made me love you
Oh, oh, my darling, now you’re gone
Talking ’bout love, love, love, love,
Ooh, ooh my darling, now you’re gone

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10.You've Got A Friend (4:52)

(Carole King)
Arranged by The Corporation & Gene Oage
1971, Screen Gems - Columbia Music, Inc (BMI)

Version originale par Carole King,
Album Trapestry (1970)

Les paroles :

When you’re down and troubled
And you need some love and care
And nothin’, no, nothin’ is goin’ right
Just close your eyes and think of me
And soon I’ll be there
To brighten up
Yeah, even your darkest night

You just call out my name
And you know, wherever I am
I’ll come running
To see you again

Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yeah I will
You’ve got a friend

When the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind
Yeah, he begins to blow
Here’s what you do baby
Keep your head together
Together, baby
And call my name out loud
And soon you’ll hear me
Knockin’, knockin’ at your door
Oh yes I will, yes I will

You just call out my name
And you know, wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’
To see you again

Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, yes I will

Ain’t it good to know
That you’ve got a friend
People can be so cold
They’ll hurt you, yeah
And desert you
And take your soul if you let them
But don’t let them
No, no, no, don’t let them

Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I’ll be there, I’ll be there, yes I will

You’ve got a friend, yes you do
You’ve got a friend, yes you do
Right till the end for you
Ain’t it good to know
You’ve got a friend
Yes you do

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