It is also noted as the group's last Top 20 pop hit before Smokey Robinson's departure from The Miracles the following year, and was performed by the group on Dick Clark's American Bandstand on an episode dated July 10, 1971.
[2][3] The song is a sad, mournful tune that belies its up-tempo nature.
Smokey, as the song's narrator, tells a girl that he obviously wants (who does not reciprocate his feelings) that he doesn't blame her for "playing it cool" when she decides to call off the relationship.
Lamenting the fact that his attraction to her covered the fact that she had just casual feelings for him, he sings: "I don't blame you at all, 'cause you played it coolYou don't owe me a thing 'cause I was a foolI'm only paying the priceFor a trip I took to Paradise'Cause I looked into a pair of eyes, and what I thought was The Look Of LoveWas only hurt in disguise""I Don't Blame You At All" was the group's final big hit with Robinson, though the Miracles did continue to chart several times before his departure, with songs including "Satisfaction", "I Can't Stand To See You Cry", and "We've Come Too Far to End It Now".
This song has inspired a cover version by Rosetta Hightower, and appears on many Miracles' "Greatest Hits" album and CD compilations.