The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey

The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1963
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
GenreSoul, pop
Length28:42
LabelTamla
ProducerBrian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson
The Miracles chronology
Christmas with The Miracles
(1963)
The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey
(1963)
I Like It Like That
(1964)
Singles from The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey
  1. "Mickey's Monkey"
    Released: July 26, 1963
  2. "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying"
    Released: October 31, 1963
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The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey is the sixth studio album by the American R&B group the Miracles. It was released on November 11, 1963, on Motown's Tamla label. It includes the group's Top 10 smash single "Mickey's Monkey", written and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, which was later recorded by several other artists. "Mickey's Monkey" popularized "The Monkey" as a novelty dance. Also included is another H-D-H dance-oriented single, "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying", a Billboard Top 40 hit. The album peaked at No. 113 on the Billboard 200.

Much of the rest of the album is made up of popular dance songs, including "The Twist", "Twist and Shout" and The Contours' Motown hit "Do You Love Me". Miracles member Bobby Rogers co-wrote a song, "Dancin' Holiday", for the album. Miracle Claudette Robinson takes the lead on the Miracles' remake of The Orlons hit, "The Wah-Watusi".

The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey was released on CD by Motown Records in 1986, in a two-for-one set with their Away We A Go-Go album, and again by itself in a 1992 release.