2002Released
2:41

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about The Way You Do The Things You Do. By Songfacts®.

One of the most memorable lyrics in music history, this song is a great bit of romantic poetry, listing all the wonderful things about the lady. It's not Shakespeare, but it's very effective. From the first lines, it's clear the singer is on to something: You got a smile so bright You know you could have been a candle Some other analogies for the lady: Broom - she sweeps him off his feet Perfume - she smells so sweet Flower - she's pretty Crook - she stole his heart Schoolbook - she's smart Money - she made his life rich Honey - she's sweet

Smokey Robinson wrote this after Berry Gordy implored his Motown writers to come up with something for The Temptations. Gordy wrote his own song for the group, but he put it on the shelf when enough people at Motown told him that Smokey's song was better. Robinson became the primary songwriter for The Temptations.

This was the first hit for Temptations, whose previous seven singles all flopped. It established a template for more hits by the group, which became a marquee act on the label.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Way You Do The Things You Do.
BKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
124BPM

Album

The album The Way You Do The Things You Do is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Way You Do The Things You Do.
Universal Music Group
© 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

See your Spotify stats (with number of plays and minutes listened) and discover new music.

Music data, artist images, album covers, and song previews are provided by Spotify. Spotify is a trademark of Spotify AB.

5.8MArtists
73.6MSongs
12.3MAlbums
6.3KGenres
2.5MLabels
493KPlaylists