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 by the RIAA and the National Endowment for the Arts at number 127 in its list of the "Songs of the Century" - the 365 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century - "The Tracks of My Tears" was also chosen as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Additionally the song ranked at number 5 of the "Top 10 Best Songs of All Time" by a panel of 20 top industry songwriters and producers including Hal David, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Jerry Leiber, and others as reported to Britain's "Mojo" music