Cruisin'

E433578

"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cruisin' canonical 3
Cruisin’ 2
song "Cruisin" 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Where There's Smoke... ⓘ
associatedWithLabelImprint Motown Records ⓘ
linked to: Motown
chartPerformance Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States ⓘ
hit on the Billboard R&B chart ⓘ
composer Marv Tarplin ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decade 1970s ⓘ
describedAs romantic ⓘ
smooth ⓘ
soul ballad ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasEra post-Miracles solo career of Smokey Robinson ⓘ
hasFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
album track ⓘ
hasInstrumentation smooth rhythm section ⓘ
soft keyboards ⓘ
subtle strings ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy D'Angelo ⓘ
Gwyneth Paltrow ⓘ
hasSignatureStatusFor Smokey Robinson ⓘ
hasTempo slow ⓘ
hasTheme romantic love ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Smokey Robinson ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Smokey Robinson ⓘ
partOf Where There's Smoke... ⓘ
performer Smokey Robinson ⓘ
producer Jerry Butler ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
recordingArtist Smokey Robinson ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseDate 1979 ⓘ
singleReleaseYear 1979 ⓘ
usedIn soundtracks and compilations featuring classic soul and R&B ⓘ
vocalStyle soft falsetto passages by Smokey Robinson ⓘ
vocalType ballad ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smokey Robinson → notableWork → Cruisin' ⓘ
Marv Tarplin → notableWork → Cruisin' ⓘ
Brown Sugar → hasPart → Cruisin' ⓘ
Smokey Robinson → notableWork → Cruisin’ ⓘ
subject linked to: Smokey
linked to: Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson → notableWork → Cruisin’ ⓘ
subject linked to: William Robinson Jr.
linked to: Cruisin'
Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head → hasPart → song "Cruisin" ⓘ
linked to: Cruisin'