Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) – The Temptations
Eddie Kendricks didn’t sing lead on many of the Temptation ballads except one of their biggest love songs, Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me). He did sing lead on some of their uptempo songs but Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) proved to be not only a smash in 1970 but also his swan song with the Temptations who at that point were not getting along very well. Kendricks went on to have a short-lived successful solo career.
The song, produced by the late Norman Whitfield, sat on the shelf at Motown while the group was enjoying consistent success with their psychedelic era recordings like Cloud 9 and Ball of Confusion. The song didn’t fit with what they were doing but when the Psychedelic faze started to trend out the single was released much to the chagrin of longtime classic Temptations fans. Highly regarded as one of the best love songs ever recorded by several respected music industry trades and magazines Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) is one of the greatest love songs ever recorded.
