Smokey Robinson & The Miracles — The Tracks of My Tears
If I had to pick my favourite song, this would probably be it. It came up on shuffle tonight.
I remember how I first heard it. It was in the early 90s — the first time I saw Platoon, where it’s played during the scene when Chris and his friends have a night off before they go back to fight. I made sure to watch the end credits to find out who it was, and then raided my dad’s awesome vinyl Motown collection and found it.
(Given the current news cycle, it would be wrong to not mention Charlie Sheen right now, so I just did.)
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