My Guy My Guy "My Guy" is a 1964 hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's rejection of a sexual advance and affirmation of her fidelity to her boyfriend, who is her ideal and with whom she is happy, despite his ordinary physique and looks. "("There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy")". At the session for the "My Guy" backing track the studio musicians were having issues completing the intro: with the musicians having been playing all day and
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