Spotlight Gold: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Track of my Tears

Smokey Robinson NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 17: Smokey Robinson speaks onstage during the 2018 CMT Artists of The Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 17, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT) (Rick Diamond)

November 28, 2018 at 4:49 pm EST

A classic by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles.

"One day I was listening, and it just came - the tracks of my tears. Like footprints on my face. So that was what I wrote about," Smokey Robinson told NPR in a 2006 interview.

"One of the most gut-wrenching songs on record, this one is about a man who tries to hide his pain, but cannot conceal the tracks made by his tears." (Via <a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-miracles/the-tracks-of-my-tears" target="_blank">Songfacts.com)</a>