Un jour, une chanson - n°495 - Shop Around, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Shop Around, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Ecrite par : Smokey Robinson et Berry Gordy

Produite par : Berry Gordy

Enregistrée en 1960

Parue le :27 septembre dans le Michigan, et le 15 octobre 1960 dans tout le pays

Genre : Soul

Durée : 3:04 min pour la version de Detroit
2:50 min pour la version nationale

Label :Tamla, filiale de Motown

B-Side :"Who's Lovin' You"

La chanson :

La chanson reprend les paroles d'une mère qui donne des conseils à son fils sur comment trouver une fille digne de devenir sa petite amie ou sa femme.
La première mouture de la chanson est plus lente, et plus teintée de blues, enregistrée à Detroit. Sauf que le producteur, Berry Gordy, trouvait que la chanson sonnait trop "Detroit" justement, et qu'il fallait la réenregistrer pour la rendre plus accessible à un grand public. Alors, a trois heures du matin, il appelle toute l'équipe : Smokey, Claudette Rogers, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, et Pete Moore pour qu'elle retourne en studio enregistrer une nouvelle version, plus pop. La chanson va devenir un tube dans tout le pays, offrant le premier single dépassant le million d'exemplaires vendus à Tamla.

La chanson a eu droit à une sorte de réponse, "Don't Let Him Shop Around" enregistrée par Debbie Dean

Les paroles :


[Spoken:]
When I became of age my mother called me to her side
She said 'son you're growing up now, pretty soon
You'll take a bride'...

[Sings:]
And then she said...
'Just because you've become a young man now
(Man, now)
There's still some things that you don't understand now
(Son, now)
Before you ask some girl for her hand now
(My son)
Keep your freedom for as long as you can now'

My mama told me...'you better shop around'
(Shop, shop around) a-whoa-yeah
You better (uh-huh) shop around!
(Shop, shop around)
Uh-uh-uh

'There's some things that I want you to know now
(Uh-huh-...ooo)
A just as sure as the winds gonna blow now
(Uh-huh-...ooo)
The women come and the women gonna go now
(Uh-huh...ooo)
Before you tell 'em that you love 'em so now
My mama told me...'you better shop around'
(Shop, shop around) whoa-yeah
You better (uh-huh) shop around
(Shop, shop around)

'A-gotta get yourself a bargain son
Don't be sold on the very first one
A-pretty girls come a dime a dozen
A-try to find one who's gonna give ya true lovin'
(Uh-huh...ooo)
'Before you take a girl and say I do now
A make sure she's in love with-a you now'
My mama told me
(You better shop around)

[Instrumental]

Oh-hey-hey-hey
(ooooooh)
'Try to get yourself a bargain son
Don't be sold on the very first one!
(First one, first one)
A pretty girls come a dime a dozen
A try to find one who's gonna give ya true lovin'
(Uh-huh...ooo)
Before you take a girl and say 'I do' now
Make sure she's in love with a-you now
Make sure that her love is true now
I'd hate to see you feelin' sad and blue now'
My Mama told me
'You better shop around'
(Shop, shop around)
(Uh-huh 'don't let the first one get you')
(Shop, shop around)
On no,cuz I don't wanna see ya 'wicher'
(Uh-huh shop, shop around)
Uh-huh 'before you let 'em hold you tight'
(Shop, shop around)
A-yeah-yeah (shop around)
'Make sure shes alright'
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
'Uh-huh before you let 'em take your hand my son'
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
'Understand my son'
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
'Be a man my son'
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
'I know you can my son'
(Uh-huh, shop, shop around)
I love it
(Uh-huh shop, shop around)
A shop around...