Glasshouse (song)

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"Glasshouse"
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Dutch release picture sleeve
Single by The Temptations
from the album A Song for You
B-side "The Prophet"
ReleasedJune 18, 1975
Recorded1975
Studio Motown
Genre Rhythm and blues
Length3:54 (album version)
3:02 (single version)
Label Gordy
Songwriter(s) Charlemagne
Producer(s) Jeffrey Bowen, Berry Gordy
The Temptations singles chronology
"Shakey Ground"
(1975)		"Glasshouse"
(1975)		"Keep Holdin' On"
(1975)

"Glasshouse" is a 1975 R&B single by The Temptations. It was written by Motown songwriting team Charlemagne, which consisted of James Carmichael, Ronald Miller and Kathy Wakefield. The song appeared on the album A Song for You . It was the last top forty hit for The Temptations, going to number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the R&B charts. [1] "Glasshouse" also peaked in the top ten on the US Disco chart.

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Background

All five Temptations alternate lead vocals, singing about how people who live in glasshouses "shouldn't throw no stones".

Chart performance

Chart (1975-76)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Disco File Top 20 [2] 8
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 37
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)9

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 571.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 256.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 833.


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