My Girl Has Gone My Girl Has Gone "My Girl Has Gone" is a 1965 R&B single recorded by The Miracles for Motown's Tamla label. Included on their 1965 album "Going to a Go-Go", "My Girl Has Gone" was the follow-up to the group's number 16 "Billboard" Hot 100 million-selling hit "The Tracks Of My Tears". Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin, the single was a Top 20 Pop hit, peaking at number 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States, and was also a Top 5 R&B hit, peaking at number three on "Billboard's"
The Tracks of My Tears magazine. In 1975, Linda Ronstadt recorded a cover version of "The Tracks of My Tears" for her studio album "Prisoner in Disguise" that became a pop Top 40 hit in the US. The single was produced by Peter Asher and issued on Asylum Records as that album's second single. Ronstadt's version of the song was a success peaking at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching number 11 on the "Billboard" C&W chart in tandem with its B-side: the Emmylou Harris duet "The Sweetest Gift", and number 42 in 1976 on the UK Singles Chart. Conversely, Ronstadt would