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"I Second That Emotion" is a 1967 song written by Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland. First charting as a hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on the Tamla/Motown label in 1967, "I Second That Emotion" was later a hit single for the group duet Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, also on the Motown label.
One morning in 1967, Robinson and Cleveland were shopping at Hudson's, a Detroit department store. Robinson found a set of pearls for his wife, Claudette. "They're beautiful." he said to the salesperson. "I sure hope she likes them." Cleveland then added "I second that emotion." Both songwriters laughed at Cleveland's malapropism; he had meant to say "I second that motion." The two were immediately inspired to write a song using the incorrect phrase.
The Miracles' original version of the song finds lead singer and co-writer Smokey Robinson courting a girl who, weary of the game of love, prefers to string her men along and not get romantically involved. Robinson "wants no part" in such a relationship, but promises that if the girl changes her mind, he'll be around ("If you feel like lovin' me/if you've got the notion/I second that emotion.")
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Maybe you want to give me kisses sweet
But only for one night with no repeat
Maybe you'd go away and never call
And a taste of honey is worse than none at all
(Oh, little girl)
Oh, little girl, in that case, I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion, I second that emotion
Said, if you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion, I second that emotion
Maybe you think that love would tie you down
You ain't got the time to hang around
Maybe you think that love was made for fools
So it makes you wise to break the rules
Oh, little girl, in that case, I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion, I second that emotion
Said, if you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion, I second that emotion
Maybe you want to give me kisses sweet
But only for one night with no repeat
Maybe you'd go away and never call
And a taste of honey is worse than none at all
(Oh, little girl)
Oh, little girl, in that case, I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion, I second that emotion
Said, if you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion, I second that emotion
Maybe you think that love would tie you down
You ain't got the time to hang around
Maybe you think that love was made for fools
So it makes you wise to break the rules
Oh, little girl, in that case, I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion, I second that emotion
Said, if you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion, I second that emotion
Well, if you feel like giving me