I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying, sung by The Miracles (1963).
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Gather round you swingers and friends
Help me forget my hurt within
About the only girl I ever loved
The only one I'm thinkin' of and
I've gotta dance to keep from crying.
— Holland-Dozier-Holland
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Gather round you swingers and friends
Help me forget my hurt within
About the only girl I ever loved
The only one I'm thinkin' of and
I've gotta dance to keep from crying." in the context of "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying, sung by The Miracles (1963)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland–Dozier–Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music. The trio wrote, arranged and produced many songs that helped define the Motown sound in the 1960s.
About Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland–Dozier–Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music. The trio wrote, arranged and produced many songs that helped define the Motown sound in the 1960s.
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