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Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a Motown song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Janie Bradford. The song was first recorded by The Temptations as a track on their 1966 album "Gettin' Ready". Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield. Jimmy Ruffin also recorded a version with The Temptations providing background vocals in 1966. It remained unreleased until 1997.
Three years later, Motown artist Marvin Gaye recorded a cover version
") on his 1969 Columbia album "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are".
- The Young Vandals recorded the song for the Isley Brothers' T-Neck label. It peaked at #46 on the R&B charts in 1970. On lead vocals was Damon Harris, who would replace Eddie Kendricks in the Temptations the next year.
- "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" was also covered by the New York-based rock group Mardi Gras (music group) in the early 1970s, and released