| "My Honey and Me" | ||||
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| Single by The Emotions | ||||
| B-side | "Blind Alley" | |||
| Released | 1972 | |||
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| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | Volt | |||
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"My Honey and Me" is a song by R&B group The Emotions released as a single in 1972 on Stax Records . [1]
My Honey and Me was produced by Al Jackson Jr. and Jim Stewart. The song was also composed by John McFarland and Luther Ingram. The single's b-side was a song called Blind Alley from The Emotions' 1972 album Untouched. [1]
One of the picks of the week in the 4 March, 1972 issue of Cash Box, the song was described as "Tom-tom percussion on a breeze of ladyfunk harmonies". It was also referred to as a sequel to the success of their other record, "Show Me How". [2]
Listed as one of the Hits of the Week on the front cover of the 4 March issue of Record World , the reviewer said that there was no way that this song won't make it. [3] In her Soul Truth column of the same issue, Dede Dabney noted the soft tonal subtlety that the Emotions were known for. She also predicted it was another hit. [4]
The single reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. [5]
With the song making its debut at no. 112 in the Cash Box Looking Ahead chart on the week of 4 March 1972, [6] [7] it had also made its debut at no. 59 in the Cash Box R&B TOP 60 chart. [8] It peaked at no. 24 on the week of 29 April. [9]
The record made its debut at no. 91 in the Cash Box Top 100 chart on the week of 11 March, 1972. [10] It peaked at no. 85 the following week during its three-week chart run. [11]
Anthony Swete recorded a version of the song which was backed with "Rainy Night in Georgia". It was released in Australia on RCA Twin Hits PPX-1005 in 1970. [12] Swete's version was also included on the Now Sounds compilation, released on Cornwall Records, Inc. LG101. [13]