<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" (1964) </Td> <Td> "My Girl" (1964) </Td> <Td> "It's Growing" (1965) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" (1964) </Td> <Td> "My Girl" (1964) </Td> <Td> "It's Growing" (1965) </Td> </Tr> <P> "My Girl" is a 1964 standard recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label which became a number one hit in 1965 . Written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, the song became the Temptations' first U.S. number - one single, and is today their signature song . Robinson's inspiration for writing this song was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson . The song was featured on the Temptations album The Temptations Sing Smokey . </P> <P> Musically, the song is notable because the six ascending guitar notes in the opening riff over the C chord are a perfect example of a C major pentatonic scale, played exactly from octave to octave . Similarly, the analogous riff in the song that is played over the F chord is a perfect example of an F major pentatonic scale, also with notes ascending from octave to octave . </P>

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