My Guy - wikipedia My Guy For the song by Tracey Ullman, see My Girl ( Madness song ) § My Guy 's Mad at Me. `` My Guy '' Dutch 7 '' single cover Single by Mary Wells from the album Mary Wells Sings My Guy B - side `` Oh Little Boy ( What Did You Do to Me ) '' Released March 13, 1964 Format 7 '' single Recorded Hitsville U.S.A. ( Studio A ) ; 1964 Genre Soul, R&B, Pop Length 2 : 54 Label Motown Songwriter ( s ) Smokey Robinson Producer ( s ) Smokey Robinson Mary Wells singles chronology `` What 's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One '' ( 1963 ) `` My Guy '' ( 1964 ) `` Once Upon a Time '' ( 1964 ) `` What 's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One '' ( 1963 ) `` My Guy '' ( 1964 ) `` Once Upon a Time '' ( with Marvin Gaye ) ( 1964 ) `` 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 dedication to the goodness of her man ( `` There 's not a man today who could take me away from my guy '' ). Contents 1 Mary Wells version 1.1 Personnel 2 Other versions 3 References 4 External links Mary Wells version 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 a half - hour scheduled studio time left, trombonist George Bohanon pointed out to keyboardist Earl Van Dyke that the opening measure of `` Canadian Sunset '' could be perfectly juxtaposed on the intro 's chord changes, and Van Dyke, the session bandleader, expediently constructed an intro incorporating the opening of `` Canadian Sunset '' and also the `` left hand notes '' from `` Canadian Sunset '' composer Eddie Heywood 's rendition of `` Begin the Beguine ''. Van Dyke would recall : `` We were doing anything to get the hell out of that studio. We knew that the producers did n't know nothing ' bout no ' Canadian Sunset ' or ' Begin the Beguine '. We figured the 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 she recorded with label mate Marvin Gaye. An option in her recording contract let Wells terminate the contract at her discretion after she reached her twenty - first birthday on May 13, 1964. Encouraged by her ex-husband, Wells broke her Motown contract and signed with 20th Century Fox in hopes of higher royalties and possible movie roles. However, Wells ' career never again reached the heights it had at Motown, and she never again had a hit single as big as `` My Guy ''. Her version of the song was used in the film `` More American Graffiti '' ( 1979 ) In the United Kingdom, `` My Guy '' peaked at number five in June 1964. Personnel Lead vocals by Mary Wells Background vocals by The Andantes : Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps Written and produced by William `` Smokey '' Robinson Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers : Earl Van Dyke : organ Johnny Griffith : piano Eddie Willis : guitar Robert White : guitar James Jamerson : double bass Benny Benjamin : drums Dave Hamilton : vibes Herbert Williams : trumpet Russ Conway : trumpet Paul Riser : trombone George Bohanon : trombone Preceded by `` Hello, Dolly ! '' by Louis Armstrong Billboard Hot 100 number one single ( Mary Wells version ) May 16, 1964 ( 2 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Love Me Do '' by The Beatles Other versions `` My Guy '' Single by Petula Clark from the album Now B - side `` Little Bit of Lovin ' '' Released May 1972 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1972 Genre Easy listening Length 3 : 12 Label MGM Songwriter ( s ) Smokey Robinson Producer ( s ) Mike Curb, Don Costa Petula Clark singles chronology `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' ( 1971 ) `` My Guy '' ( 1972 ) `` Wedding Song ( There Is Love ) '' ( 1972 ) `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' ( 1971 ) `` My Guy '' ( 1972 ) `` Wedding Song ( There Is Love ) '' ( 1972 ) `` My Guy '' Single by Sister Sledge from the album The Sisters B - side `` Il Macquillage Lady '' Released January 1982 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1981 Genre soul Length 3 : 45 Label Cotillion Songwriter ( s ) Smokey Robinson Producer ( s ) Sister Sledge Sister Sledge singles chronology `` He 's Just a Runaway '' ( 1981 ) `` My Guy '' ( 1982 ) `` All the Man I Need '' ( 1982 ) `` He 's Just a Runaway '' ( 1981 ) `` My Guy '' ( 1982 ) `` All the Man I Need '' ( 1982 ) `` My Guy '' has three times returned to the `` Billboard '' Hot 100 first as rendered by Petula Clark whose rendition featured on her 1971 album Now peaked at # 70 crossing over from the Easy Listening chart where it reached # 12. In 1980 Amii Stewart and Johnny Bristol recorded a medley of `` My Guy '' and another Motown classic, the Temptations ' `` My Girl '' : `` My Guy - My Girl ( Medley ) '' peaked # 63 in the U.S. - # 76 R&B - and # 39 UK. The track was re-issued in 1986 with Bristol 's vocal being replaced by Deon Estus : this version reached # 63 UK. Sister Sledge remade `` My Guy '' for their 1982 album self - produced album The Sisters : Kathy Sledge, the group 's usual lead singer, would recall - `` I had very little input ( into the album ), but I did push for ' My Guy '. '' Issued as the album 's lead single, `` My Guy '' afforded Sister Sledge their third Top 40 hit although with a # 23 peak its chart impact was well below that of the group 's precedent hits `` He 's the Greatest Dancer '' and `` We Are Family '' ( both 1979 ), which had respective chart peaks of # 9 and # 2. `` My Guy '' also afforded Sister Sledge a fifth and final Top 20 R&B hit its R&B chart peak being # 14. The Sister Sledge version of `` My Guy '' had its strongest impact on the Easy Listening chart where it rose as high as # 2. Sister Sledge performed `` My Guy '' on the episode of the CBS - TV sitcom The Jeffersons entitled My Guy, George taped 17 January 1984 and broadcast 4 March 1984 : in the guise of struggling musical act the Satin Sisters, Sister Sledge wooed George Jefferson to act as their manager by singing him an a cappella rendition of `` My Guy '' with the lyrics modified to flatter Jefferson. `` My Guy '' has twice reached the C&W chart in renderings by Lynda K Lance ( # 46 C&W / 1971 ) and by Margo Smith ( # 43 C&W / 1980 ). The song has also been recorded by Lucia Altieri ( it ) ( rendered in Italian as `` Non Ti Scuso Piu '' ), Aretha Franklin, Nancy Holloway ( fr ) ( rendered in French as `` Bye Bye '' ), Claudine Longet, Barbara McNair, Melba Moore, Dara Sedaka, and Helen Shapiro. Mary Wells herself re-recorded the song in a funk rendition for her 1984 album, I 'm a Lady. More than via any straightforward remake, `` My Guy '' has had its highest profile since the Mary Wells original through its appearance on the soundtrack of the Whoopi Goldberg film Sister Act ( 1992 ) in a rendition that substitutes `` My Guy '' with `` My God, '' transforming the song into a faux - gospel number. In 1999, `` My Guy '' was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2008, the Los Angeles - based rock group Warpaint performed a version of the song on their EP Exquisite Corpse ( EP ) under the title `` Billie Holliday ''. References ^ Jump up to : Benjaminson, Peter ( 2012 ). Mary Wells : the tumultuous life of Motown 's first superstar ( 1st US ed. ). Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978 - 1 - 56976 - 248 - 6. Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred ( 2003 ). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. New York : Billboard Books. p. 147. ISBN 0823076776. Retrieved 6 July 2012. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 617. Jump up ^ `` Kathy Sledge 2012 SoulMusic.com Interview on the Bright Side of Soul ''. SoulMusic.com. Retrieved 31 March 2015. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Mary Wells Studio albums Bye Bye Baby I Do n't Want to Take a Chance ( 1961 ) The One Who Really Loves You ( 1962 ) Two Lovers and Other Great Hits ( 1963 ) Mary Wells Sings My Guy ( 1964 ) Mary Wells ( 1965 ) The Two Sides of Mary Wells ( 1966 ) Servin ' Up Some Soul ( 1968 ) In and Out of Love ( 1981 ) Keeping My Mind on Love ( 1990 ) Other albums Recorded Live On Stage ( 1963 ) Together ( 1964 ) Love Songs to the Beatles ( 1965 ) Greatest Hits ( 1966 ) Vintage Stock ( 1966 ) Easy Touch ( 1982 ) The Old, The New & The Best of Mary Wells ( 1983 ) Singles ( US Top 40 ) `` I Do n't Want to Take a Chance '' `` The One Who Really Loves You '' `` You Beat Me to the Punch '' `` Two Lovers '' `` Laughing Boy '' `` Your Old Standby '' `` What 's Easy for Two Is Hard for One '' / `` You Lost the Sweetest Boy '' `` My Guy '' `` Once Upon a Time '' `` What 's the Matter with You Baby '' `` Use Your Head '' Related articles Discography Albums Songs Smokey Robinson Marvin Gaye Cecil Womack Meech Wells Book : Mary Wells Petula Clark Discography Albums Downtown I Know a Place The International Hits My Love I Could n't Live Without Your Love Petula Clark 's Hit Parade Colour My World These Are My Songs The Other Man 's Grass Is Always Greener Petula Then & Now : The Very Best of Petula Clark Singles `` The Little Shoemaker '' `` Suddenly There 's a Valley '' `` With All My Heart '' `` Alone ( Why Must I Be Alone ) '' `` Sailor '' `` Romeo '' `` Dance On '' `` Downtown '' `` Anyone Who Had a Heart '' `` I Know a Place '' `` Round Every Corner '' `` You 're the One '' `` My Love '' `` A Sign of the Times '' `` I Could n't Live Without Your Love '' `` Who Am I '' `` Colour My World '' `` This Is My Song '' `` The Last Waltz '' `` Do n't Sleep in the Subway '' `` The Cat in the Window ( The Bird in the Sky ) '' `` The Other Man 's Grass Is Always Greener '' `` Kiss Me Goodbye '' `` Happy Heart '' `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' `` My Guy '' `` Wedding Song ( There Is Love ) '' `` The Old Fashioned Way '' `` Do n't Cry for Me Argentina '' Sister Sledge Debbie Sledge Joni Sledge Kim Sledge Kathy Sledge Studio albums Circle of Love Together We Are Family Love Somebody Today All American Girls The Sisters Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls When the Boys Meet the Girls African Eyes Style Compilation albums Freak Out : The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge The Very Best of Sister Sledge 1973 -- 93 The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge Good Times : The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes Singles `` He 's the Greatest Dancer '' `` We Are Family '' `` Lost in Music '' `` Thinking of You '' `` My Guy '' `` All the Man That I Need '' `` Frankie '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Guy&oldid=803890587 '' Categories : 1964 singles Mary Wells songs Margo Smith songs Sister Sledge songs Petula Clark songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Number - one singles in Australia Number - one singles in New Zealand Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Songs written by Smokey Robinson Helen Shapiro songs Motown singles MGM Records singles Cotillion Records singles Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson 1964 songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 5 October 2017, at 09 : 33. 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Question: what film is the song my guy in
Answer: "More American Graffiti"