The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage

The Miracles • Lead vocals by Smokey Robinson • Background vocals by Claudette Rogers Robinson, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Bobby Rogers • Guitar by Marv Tarplin Other personnel • Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers ==Lyric content and chart history==

The single was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and a Top 10 hit on ''Billboard's'' R&B singles chart. As with several of the Miracles' hits, "Mirage" begins with Tarplin's guitar and he plays the riff on a 12-string acoustic guitar. The song's lyrics feature Robinson's character as a man deceived by the beauty of a woman who showed "the promise of love", but then sadly discovered that her love was "just a mirage". Cash Box called the single a "driving R&B workout that should get a lot of play." ==Films and cover versions==

• The Jackson 5, Vance Gilbert and The Uniques are among the acts who have recorded cover versions of "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage". • The original 45 RPM single had The Miracles' "Come Spy with Me", (the original theme song to the 1967 20th Century Fox film of the same name), as the B-side. • The hit "A" side, The Miracles' "The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage," was also used in a film, the soundtrack of the 1980 crime drama, "American Gigolo" starring Richard Gere. Gere actually sang along to The Miracles' original recording in the film. ==References==