Mickey’s Monkey by Smokey Robinson is the happiest song ever written; this is scientific fact; it is revealed truth. Arguments for alternatives are met with a sneer, and that’s it. The joy of this record needs no defense. It is its own defense. Nothing needs be spoken.

The record’s better, mostly because Smokey sings in tune, but this live version from Ready, Steady, Go in ’65 does feature the Supremes (also singing out of tune) and Little Stevie Wonder on harmonica: