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      • Penned by Smokey’s replacement, Billy Griffin, and long-time bass singer Warren “Pete” Moore, Love Machine spent a career-high 28 weeks on the Hot 100, and marked the end of the Miracles’ pop chart records.
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  2. "Love Machine" is a 1975 single recorded by Motown group the Miracles, taken from their album City of Angels. The song was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and the biggest-selling hit single of the Miracles' career.

  3. Penned by Smokey’s replacement, Billy Griffin, and long-time bass singer Warren “Pete” Moore, Love Machine spent a career-high 28 weeks on the Hot 100, and marked the end of the Miracles’ pop chart records.

  4. It was also The Miracles' longest-running hit, staying on the charts for more than six months. Additionally, "Love Machine" was only the second time that a song by The Miracles reached the top spot on the Hot 100. Their other song to do it was " Tears Of A Clown," released in 1970.

  5. Oct 18, 2023 · The machine kept working, too: a 28-week run on the pop chart was the Miracles’ best ever. A few weeks earlier, “Love Machine” made the U.K. Top 3, behind only ABBA ’s “Mamma Mia” and “Forever...

  6. MIRACLES songs and albums, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news.

  7. Opening with the deep-throated roar of the Miracles’ Bobby Rogers, “Love Machine” tapped into the exploding disco market, but took its time climbing the Hot 100. It eventually claimed the summit (from Rhythm Heritage’s “Theme From S.W.A.T. ”) in March 1976 during its 20th chart week.

  8. Oct 30, 2023 · Despite its departure from the classic Miracles sound, “Love Machine” is undeniably catchy, danceable and over the top in a way that only a Seventies disco song can be, and its immense staying power has extended the group’s career to this day. The Miracles live on American Bandstand circa 1975.