"Give Me Just Another Day" (T54240F) is a song written by

Leon Ware Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 – February 23, 2017) was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy ...

and released as a single in 1973 by

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R&B group

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, issued on that label's

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subsidiary. It was the first single release from the group's album, ''

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'', which was released the following year. The second single release by the group featuring new lead singer

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, who had replaced the group's original lead singer Bill "Smokey" Robinson, the song was written by Motown staff songwriter

, who, up until this point, had written and composed for several Motown acts, including

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, and

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, among others .

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was the song's producer, and it was arranged by James Carmichael, who went on to become one of the main architects behind the success of Motown group

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later in the decade. There were two different mixes of the song. The single release features the background vocals by Miracles

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, Pete Moore, and

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much more prominently than the album version, giving it more of a "group" feel,while the album mix barely features their vocals at all, almost making it seem like a Billy Griffin "solo" performance. This song was not a big success, failing to reach the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 11 on the Bubbling Under chart, and reached No. 47 on the Billboard R&B chart. Despite this song's initial chart failure, however, it has since gained new life and become a valuable part of the

Catalogue as a much-covered and sampled song by hip-hop artists, including

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, Wade Waters,

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, and

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. "Give Me Just Another Day" was released on CD in the 2003 Motown compilation,''The Miracles: Love Machine- The 70's Collection'' and was also released in 2012 in The Motown 2-in-1-CD set, ''

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'', a collection of the Miracles' first two complete albums with Billy Griffin.

Personnel

- lead vocals *

- tenor background vocals *

- baritone background vocals *

Warren "Pete" Moore Warren Thomas "Pete" Moore (November 19, 1938 – November 19, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group the Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members. ...

- bass background vocals/vocal arrangements

References

External links

Give Me Just Another Day -Single Version
(with Label typo "Give me just another "Love") * {{authority control Motown singles 1973 songs The Miracles songs Songs written by Leon Ware