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{{Infobox song<br />
| name = Honey Chile<br />
| cover = HoneyChile.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| type = single<br />
| artist = [[Martha and the Vandellas|Martha Reeves and the Vandellas]]<br />
| album = [[Ridin' High (Martha and the Vandellas album)|Ridin' High]]<br />
| B-side = Show Me the Way<br />
| released = October 14, 1967<br />
| recorded = [[Hitsville USA]] (Studio A), 1967<br />
| studio =<br />
| venue =<br />
| genre = [[Psychedelic soul]]<br />
| length = 2:51<br />
| label = [[Motown|Gordy]] <br /><small>G 7067</small><br />
| writer = [[Sylvia Moy]] <br /> [[Richard Morris (songwriter)|Richard Morris]]<br />
| producer = Richard Morris<br />
| prev_title = [[Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone]]<br />
| prev_year = 1967<br />
| next_title = [[I Promise to Wait My Love]]<br />
| next_year = 1968<br />
}}<br />
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"'''Honey Chile'''" is a 1967 single by [[Martha and the Vandellas|Martha Reeves and the Vandellas]] on the [[Gordy Records|Gordy]] label, a subsidiary of [[Motown Records]]. Written by [[Richard Morris (songwriter)|Richard Morris]] and [[Sylvia Moy]], and produced by Morris, this was the first single to bill the group's name as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas as opposed to Martha and the Vandellas.<br />
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"Honey Chile" rose to number eleven on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number five on the US ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=378}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
The song describes how the narrator (voiced by Martha Reeves) wanting to get rid of her boyfriend who's been courting and dating other girls behind her back though she is too weak to let him go stating "I'll walk a country mile to stay with you". This song, rare for a pop song, actually shows character development: at the end of the first verse she states that she is worthless without him, while in the second to last line she says she will find the strength to leave him.<br />
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Filled with [[Culture of the Southern United States|Southern]] connotations (inspired by Reeves' birth in rural [[Alabama]]), It is notable for several reasons: it is the first track to feature new member, Martha's younger sister [[Sandra "Lois" Reeves]] replacing just-fired [[Betty Kelly]], it was the group's twelfth top 40 pop single, and it was also the last top 40 hit the group would score throughout the rest of their [[Motown]] tenure though they would score several top 40 [[R&B]] singles before leaving the label in 1973. It was also the first single to be credited as '''Martha Reeves and the Vandellas''' after the label requested that some of the lead singers of several groups put their name in front of the group's to earn billing for both lead singer and group.<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
*[[Lead singer|Lead vocals]] by [[Martha Reeves]]<br />
*[[Background vocals]] by [[Rosalind Ashford]] and [[Sandra "Lois" Reeves]]<br />
*[[Instrumentation (music)|Instrumentation]] by [[The Funk Brothers]]<br />
==Chart performance==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Chart (1967)<br />
!Peak<br>position<br />
|-<br />
|UK Singles ([[The Official Charts Company]])<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13162/martha-and-the-vandellas/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref><br />
|align="center"|30<br />
|-<br />
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=539}}</ref><br />
|align="center"|11<br />
|-<br />
|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Best Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles]] (''Billboard'')<br />
|align="center"|5<br />
|}<br />
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==Samples and Covers==<br />
The song was covered by [[The Jackson 5]] on their 1971 album ''[[Maybe Tomorrow (The Jackson 5 album)|Maybe Tomorrow]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/maybe-tomorrow-mw0000653606|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{The Vandellas}}<br />
{{The Vandellas singles}}<br />
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[[Category:1967 songs]]<br />
[[Category:1967 singles]]<br />
[[Category:Martha and the Vandellas songs]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Sylvia Moy]]<br />
[[Category:Songs written by Richard Morris (songwriter)]]<br />
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