<Tr> <Th> Chart (1968) </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> 91 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, whose cover also became an American Top 40 single in 1969, reaching #33 while reaching #16 on the US R&B charts </Li> <Li> Marvin Gaye, whose cover became a top - ten hit (#9) in the United Kingdom in 1970 (Gaye's version was never released in the U.S. as a single but was featured on his 1970 album, That's the Way Love Is, and was one of his first experiments with social messages in his music which would culminate in his 1971 album, What's Going On .) </Li> <Li> Comedian Moms Mabley performed a version that hit the U.S. Top 40, reaching #35 in 1969 and #18 on the R&B charts and earning her the distinction of being the oldest living person to appear on a Hot 100 top 40 hit, aged 75, a record that still stands . This version was featured on the soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera Beto Rockfeller (1968--1969). </Li> <Li> Ray Charles released a version of the song on his A Message from the People album in 1972 . </Li> <Li> Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers recorded a live version of the song on the At the Ryman album in 1992 . </Li> <Li> Bluesman Seasick Steve released a single version of the song in 2016 . </Li> </Ul>

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