The Girl's Alright with Me

"The Girl's Alright with Me" is a 1964 song recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The B-side to their Top 40 hit "I'll Be in Trouble", the song was also able to chart on its own, peaking at number 102 on Billboard Pop Charts.^[1] It was written by Eddie Kendricks, Norman Whitfield, and Eddie Holland, and produced by Whitfield. Whitfield would rerecord the song with his act The Undisputed Truth some ten years later for their album Down To Earth.

"The Girl's Alright With Me"
Single by the Temptations
from the album The Temptin' Temptations
A-side	"I'll Be in Trouble"
Released	April 29, 1964
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); March 26, 1964
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	2:50
Label	Gordy G 7032
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield Edward Holland Jr. and Eddie Kendricks
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" (1964) "I'll Be in Trouble" / "The Girl's Alright with Me" (1964) "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" (1964)

Cash Box described it as "an engaging, easy-beat thumper that the crew serves up in tempting style."^[2]

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks
• Background vocals by Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Chart history

Chart (1964)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100	102
U.S. Cash Box R&B Singles Chart	39