The Tracks of My Tears

"The Tracks of My Tears"
Single by the Miracles
from the album Going to a Go-Go
B-side"A Fork in the Road"
ReleasedJune 23, 1965
RecordedMay 19, 1965
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
Genre
Length2:55
LabelTamla
T 54118
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Smokey Robinson
The Miracles singles chronology
"Ooo Baby Baby"
(1965)
"The Tracks of My Tears"
(1965)
"My Girl Has Gone"
(1965)

"The Tracks of My Tears" is a 1965 song originally recorded by the Miracles on Motown Record's Tamla subsidiary label . It was composed by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. This million-selling, multiple award-winning R&B hit has been inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame, has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America and The National Endowment for the Arts at No. 127 in its list of the "Songs of the Century" – the 365 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century, and has been selected by Rolling Stone as No. 50 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", among many other awards. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the Miracles' original recording of "The Tracks of My Tears" as "The Greatest Motown Song of All Time".