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
My Guy song would wind up in the trash can anyway". When Wells recorded her vocal she sang over the song's outro with a huskiness evoking the line delivery of Mae West: Wells would recall: "I was only joking but the producers said 'Keep it going, keep it going'." "My Guy" became the biggest hit ever for Wells, Motown's first female star, and reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop singles chart on 16 May 1964. The song led the "Cashbox" magazine R&B chart for seven weeks. "My Guy" was also Wells' last hit single for Motown, except for duets