Cruisin'

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"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cruisin' canonical 3
Cruisin’ 2
song "Cruisin" 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Where There's Smoke...
associatedWithLabelImprint Motown Records
linked to: Motown
chartPerformance Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States
hit on the Billboard R&B chart
composer Marv Tarplin
Smokey Robinson
countryOfOrigin United States
decade 1970s
describedAs romantic
smooth
soul ballad
genre R&B
quiet storm
soul
hasEra post-Miracles solo career of Smokey Robinson
hasFormat 7-inch single
album track
hasInstrumentation smooth rhythm section
soft keyboards
subtle strings
hasNotableCoverVersionBy D'Angelo
Gwyneth Paltrow
hasSignatureStatusFor Smokey Robinson
hasTempo slow
hasTheme romantic love
isSignatureSongOf Smokey Robinson
language English
lyricist Smokey Robinson
partOf Where There's Smoke...
performer Smokey Robinson
producer Jerry Butler
Smokey Robinson
recordingArtist Smokey Robinson
recordLabel Motown
Tamla
releaseDate 1979
singleReleaseYear 1979
usedIn soundtracks and compilations featuring classic soul and R&B
vocalStyle soft falsetto passages by Smokey Robinson
vocalType ballad

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smokey Robinson notableWork Cruisin'
Marv Tarplin notableWork Cruisin'
Brown Sugar hasPart Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson notableWork Cruisin’
subject linked to: Smokey
linked to: Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson notableWork Cruisin’
subject linked to: William Robinson Jr.
linked to: Cruisin'
Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head hasPart song "Cruisin"
linked to: Cruisin'