New Music: Raphael Saadiq - "Oh Girl"

As far as I know, this new track from Raphael Saadiq isn't a cover song, but it somehow manges to capture the exact tone and feel of early-60s R&B. "Oh Girl" sounds like a perfect replica of something that The Stylistics or Smokey Robinson & The Miracles might have recorded back in the day. The song's from Saadiq's upcoming album, The Way I See It, which drops Sept. 16 via Columbia Records. On the album, Saadiq pays tribute to classic Stax and Motown-era Soul and R&B music, and the songs from it that yours truly has heard so far, like the addictive "100 Yard Dash" and the romantic "Love That Girl," sound pretty sweet. You can stream "Oh Girl" by clicking a link below.

• "Oh Girl" audio (Windows Media)

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