I considered posting a political song this week in protest of the billionaire boys club that’s running the show but decided we need a break from MAGA madness.

The Way You Do The Things You Do is a joyful song. It’s Motown at its best. What’s not to love about a song that rhymes candle and handle?

Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers wrote The Way You Do The Things You Do in 1963. It was first recorded by The Temptation and released on  1/9/1964.

We begin with The Temptations with Eddie Kendricks on lead vocals:

Here’s Manfred Mann with an early pop-rock cover of this week’s tune:

Rita Coolidge had a hit with the Robinson-Rogers classic in 1977:

Next up, UB40 with an MTV era video version:

Finally, a 21st Century version by co-writer Smokey Robinson with CeeLo Green:

What would the Friday Cocktail Hour be without an instrumental version of the week’s tune? This time, the piano stylings of Randy Klein:

That’s it for this week. Let’s drink to a safe and sane Super Bowl Sunday if that’s possible with the Kaiser of Chaos in attendance, It’s what Otis Williams and Smokey Robinson would want. Never argue with them.