This is a list of covers of Miracles songs that have been recorded and released. According to several websites, the Miracles are one of the most covered groups in recorded history and the most covered Motown group ever. Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world – in every major musical genre – over the last 60 years.
"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"
Year Covered by Album 1967 The Cowsills The Cowsills 1970 The Jackson 5 ABC
"(You Can) Depend on Me"
Year Covered by Album 1960 The Supremes Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960–1969 1962 Mary Wells Looking Back: 1961–1964 1964 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts 1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey 1967 Barbara Mason –
"(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You"
Year Covered by Album 1968 Chuck Jackson Arrives!
"A Fork in the Road"
Year Covered by Album 1984 Rebbie Jackson Centipede
"After All"
Year Covered by Album 1961 The Supremes The Supremes 1970 The Marvelettes The Return of the Marvelettes
"Baby, Baby Don't Cry"
Year Covered by Album 1969 Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra Eternal Equinox
"Bad Girl"
Year Covered by Album 1961 Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance 1963 The Orlons Not Me 1973 Jackie Jackson Jackie Jackson 1982 Dazz Band On the One
"Can You Love a Poor Boy?" This song, originally recorded by The Miracles, appears on their 1966 album, Away We A Go-Go. It was written by Stevie Wonder
Year Covered by Album 1967 Gil Bernal – 1998 Softones – 2000 Bobby Vee – 2001 Ronnie Walker –
"Choosey Beggar"
Year Covered by Album 1979 Debby Boone Debby Boone 2004 Chazz Dixon Hitsville: The House That Berry Built
"Darling Dear"
Year Covered by Album 1970 The Jackson 5 Third Album
"Determination"
Year Covered by Album 1965 The Contours –
"Do It Baby"
Year Covered by Album 1976 Jimmy Ponder Illusions 197? Red Holt –
"Doggone Right"
Year Covered by Album 1970 Bobby Davis & The Sensations –
"From Head to Toe"
Year Covered by Album 1966 The Escorts Single a-side 1967 Chris Clark Soul Sounds, also single a-side 1982 Elvis Costello Single a-side
"Going to a Go-Go"
Year Covered by Album 1982 The Rolling Stones Still Life 2010 Phil Collins Going Back
"Got a Job"
Year Covered by Album 1961 The Marcels –
"Happy Landing"
Year Covered by Album 1964 The Temptations You've Got to Earn It (1962–1968)
"Here I Go Again"
Year Covered by Album 1986 Oran "Juice" Jones Juice 2000 Little Willie G. Make Up for the Lost Time 2004 Chazz Dixon Hitsville: The House That Berry Built
"I Don't Blame You At All"
Year Covered by Album 1970 Rosetta Hightower Rosetta
"I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying"
Year Covered by Album 1964 The High Numbers – 1965 Jimmy James & The Vagabonds –
"I Like It Like That"
Year Covered by Album 1966 Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels – 2000 Bobby Vee –
"I Second That Emotion"
Year Covered by Album 1968 Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations 1970 Kiki Dee – 1978 Thelma Jones – 1982 Japan – 1994 Tammy Wynette Without Walls 2004 Michael McDonald Motown Two
"If You Can Want"
Year Covered by Album 2001 The Dirtbombs Ultraglide in Black
"I'll Try Something New"
Year Covered by Album 1966 Spyder Turner (as an excerpt into "Stand by Me") – 1966 Barbara McNair Here I Am 1969 Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations 1982 A Taste of Honey Ladies of the Eighties
"I've Been Good to You"
Year Covered by Album 1964 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts 1966 The Temptations Gettin' Ready 1982 Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Crenshaw
"Love Machine"
Year Covered by Album 1979 Thelma Houston Ride to the Rainbow 1982 Wham! Fantastic
"Mickey's Monkey"
Year Covered by Album 1965 Martha & the Vandellas Dance Party 1965 The Hollies Hollies 1966 The Supremes – 1966 The Defenders – 1977 Mother's Finest Another Mother Further 1984 Warren Mills Warren Mills
"Mighty Good Lovin'"
Year Covered by Album 1969 Edwin Starr – 196? Chris Clark –
"More Love"
Year Covered by Album 1973 Foster Sylvers Foster Sylvers 1980 Kim Carnes Romance Dance 1990 Mica Paris Contribution 1994 Paul Young Reflections
"My Girl Has Gone" A Top 20 1965 hit (Top 10 R&B).
Year Covered by Album 1969 Bobby Taylor Taylor-Made Soul 1970 Ken Parker –
"Ooo Baby Baby"
Year Covered by Album 1966 The Five Stairsteps – 1973 Todd Rundgren (as part of his "Soul Classics Medley") A Wizard, A True Star 1978 Linda Ronstadt Living in the USA 1981 Sylvester Too Hot to Sleep 1989 Zapp Zapp Vibe
"Oh Be My Love"
Year Covered by Album 1965 Barbara Lewis The Many Grooves of Barbara Lewis 1972 The Supremes Floy Joy
"Shop Around"
Year Covered by Album 1961 Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance 1964 The Astronauts – 1965 Bobby Vee – 1968 Don Bryant – 1969 Clarence Reid – 1976 Captain & Tennille Song of Joy 1983 The Spinners – 2008 David Archuleta – 2013 Angela Miller American Idol Season 12 Top 8
"The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"
Year Covered by Album 1970 The Jackson 5 Third Album
"The Tears of a Clown"
Year Covered by Album 1971 Petula Clark Petula '71 1979 The Merton Parkas Face In the Crowd 1980 The Beat – 1995 La Toya Jackson Stop in the Name of Love 2002 Nnenna Freelon Tales of Wonder 2004 Peter Cox – 2010 Phil Collins – 2010 Marc Cohn Listening Booth 2014 Boyzone Dublin to Detroit
"The Tracks of My Tears"
Year Covered by Album 1967 Johnny Rivers – 1969 Aretha Franklin Soul '69 1970 Gladys Knight & the Pips – 1973 Bryan Ferry These Foolish Things 1975 Linda Ronstadt Prisoner in Disguise 2004 Gavin DeGraw – 2004 Michael McDonald Motown Two 2007 Boyz II Men Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA 2009 Rod Stewart Soulbook
"Way Over There"
Year Covered by Album 1961 The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman 1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey 1968 Edwin Starr Soul Master
"We've Come Too Far to End It Now"
Year Covered by Album 1974 The Escorts (US vocal group) 3 Down 4 to Go
"What's So Good About Goodbye"
Year Covered by Album 1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey
"Who's Lovin' You"
Year Covered by Album 1961 The Supremes Meet the Supremes 1964 Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts 1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey 1966 Brenda & the Tabulations Dry Your Eyes 1969 The Jackson 5 Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 1987 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
Year Covered by Album 1963 The Beatles With The Beatles 1964 The Supremes A Bit of Liverpool 1965 The Zombies Begin Here 1965 The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey 1965 Sonny & Cher – 1966 Percy Sledge – 1967 Small Faces – 1968 Barbara McNair The Ultimate Motown Collection 1969 The Jackson 5 Motown Sings Motown Treasures 1971 Laura Nyro and Labelle Gonna Take a Miracle 1973 Michael Jackson Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection 1976 Cher and Gregg Allman Two the Hard Way 1977 Eddie Money Eddie Money 1984 Mickey Gilley – 2003 Cyndi Lauper – 2009 Rod Stewart –
List of Miracles songs covered and sampled by other artists The Miracles, Motown's first group, are the most covered Motown group of all time. Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world – in every major musical genre – over the last 60 years. Almost all of their hits were self-written, making them unique among Motown acts. Many of the Miracles' songs have been major hits or important recordings for other artists. Among these are:
(This is an incomplete list, as songs by the Miracles continue to be covered by more artists each year)
"Going to a Go-Go" – The Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, The Hags, and Secret Affair. "I Second That Emotion" – Japan, Michael McDonald, Kiki Dee, The Manhattan Transfer, Jerry Garcia, Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations, 10db, Tammy Wynette, José Feliciano, Emilie, Stuck In The Middle, Thelma Jones. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need " – The Jackson 5, The Cowsills, The GP's "If You Can Want" – The Dirtbombs, Barbara McNair, Chazz Dixon. "Nowhere To Go- Kanye West (as the basis of his song "About An Angel"), Beanie Sigel (as "Got Nowhere"), Freeway "Much Better Off" – J Dilla. "You've Got The Love I Need" - J Dilla, Raekwon. "A Legend In Its Own Time" – J Dilla (as an exercept of his song "One Eleven"). "Oh Be My Love"- Barbara Lewis, The Supremes, Barbara McNair. "I Don't Blame You At All" - Rosetta Hightower. "Mighty Good Lovin"-Edwin Starr, Chris Clark. "You're So Fine and Sweet" - The Undertakers. "I Like It Like That" - Bobby Vee, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. "Would I Love You" - Len Barry. "Happy Landing" - The Temptations. "Special Occasion - Jim Gilstrap. "I'll Try Something New" – Diana Ross & the Supremes with the Temptations, Barbara McNair, A Taste of Honey, Spyder Turner (as an excerpt from his cover of "Stand By Me") "My Girl Has Gone" – Etienne Daho, Bobby Taylor, Edwyn Collins, Ken Parker. "Yester Love" – Gerald Wilson & His Orchestra. "The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage" – The Jackson 5, Vance Gilbert, The Uniques "Love Machine" – Wham!, Thelma Houston "Determination" – The Contours. "Choosey Beggar" – Chazz Dixon, Debby Boone. "I've Been Good To You" – Marshall Crenshaw, Brenda Holloway, Joe Meek, The Temptones, Ray, Goodman & Brown (The Moments), The Ones, The Temptations. "Mickey's Monkey" – Mother's Finest, Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Hollies, The Young Rascals, John Mellencamp, Lou Christie, Cannibal & the Headhunters, The C.A.Quintet, The Defenders, Chris Catena, The Sugar Beats, The Mac Truque. "More Love" – Kim Carnes, Paul Young, Barbara McNair, Mica Paris, The 5th Dimension, Rick Webb, Foster Sylvers. "Ooo Baby Baby" – Linda Ronstadt, Brenda Holloway, Shalamar, Ruby Turner, Sylvester, Spirit Traveler, Five Stairsteps, Zapp, Laura Nyro, Ella Fitzgerald, Honey Cone, Human Nature, Fingazz "Shop Around" – Captain & Tennille, Don Bryant, The Astronauts, The Allusions, and Georgie Fame, Neil Merryweather and Lynn Carey, among numerous others. "The Tears of a Clown" – La Toya Jackson, The Beat, The Rocking Chairs, The Re-Bops, Nnenna Freelon, The Flying Pickets, Caligula, Human Nature, Enuff Z'Nuff, Eumir Deodato, Brian Ray, Marc Cohn, Phil Collins. "The Tracks of My Tears " – Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Rivers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mongo Santamaría, Martha and the Vandellas, Bryan Ferry, Björns Vänner (as Ser Jag Ut Att Må Bra?), Dolly Parton, Boyz II Men, Human Nature, among many others "Darling Dear" – The Jackson 5. "Who's Lovin' You" – The Jackson 5, En Vogue, Terence Trent D'Arby, Brenda Holloway, The Supremes, The Temptations, Honey Cone, Stevie B., Archie Bell & the Drells, Nikka Costa. "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" – Percy Sledge, Barbara McNair, The Beatles, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Zombies, Aidan Smith, Sonny & Cher, Mickey Gilley, Eddie Money, Cyndi Lauper, The Bobs, Greg Brown, Small Faces, Bobby McFerrin, Derrick Harriott, UFO8, Mike and The Mechanics, and She & Him among many others. "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" – The Who, Jimmy James. "From Head to Toe" – Elvis Costello, Chris Clark "A Fork in the Road " – Rebbie Jackson "Way Over There" – The Royal Counts, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, The Marvelettes, New Man, Eddie Adams Jr. "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man In You" – Chuck Jackson "What's So Good About Goodbye" – Giant Sunflower, The Temptations, Quix*O*Tic "More, More, More of Your Love" – Bob Brady & the Con Chords "Doggone Right" – Bobby Davis. "After All" – The Supremes, The Marvelettes. "Swept For You Baby" – The Sylvers, The Blenders, The Tamlins (as Sweat For You Baby). "The Hurt is Over" – The DT's "Whatever Makes You Happy"- Jacki Gore, Steve Washington. "Save Me" – The Undertones