Smokey Robinson and the Miracles -"Tracks of My Tears" - Rolling Stone's #50 Song of 500 Greatest of All-Time - Speeds, graphs - meanspeed=97.8 bpm

On the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, the #50 ranked song is called The Tracks of My Tears, performed and recorded by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.



Speed summary, supervised by James C.C. Manning -
meanspeed=97.8 beats per minute
meanspace=614 milliseconds per beat
total beats measured=2,240
total time elapsed=1374.4 seconds
beats measured=280
mean time=171.8 seconds
phase=1.63 cycles per second
corresponding pitch=417.28 hertz
meanemotion according to meanspeed music theory=natural (98-105 beats per minute)





James C,C, Manning
Ian Schneider
meanspeed.com
June 19, 2007


The history of the song and its effect is fascinating. From the Rolling Stone article regarding the song, from the site:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595895/the_tracks_of_my_tears

Legend had it that audience members would actually break into tears when Robinson and the Miracles sang "The Tracks of My Tears." "There was just something about it people loved," Moore of the Miracles told ROLLING STONE. "It really tapped into the depth of their emotions." Among those whose emotions it stirred was Pete Townshend, who became obsessed with the way Robinson put across the word substitute in the song ("Although she may be cute/She's just a substitute"). So obsessed, he explained, "that I decided to celebrate the word itself with a song all its own" -- which is how he came to write the Who's 1966 hit "Substitute." Robinson worked on the "The Tracks of My Tears" with Moore and Miracles guitarist Tamplin, and it was such a clear winner, even hard-to-please Motown founder Berry Gordy proclaimed it a masterpiece.

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