| The Temptations discography | |
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 The Temptations perform on The Ed Sullivan Show circa 1969 | |
| Studio albums | 43 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 15 |
| Singles | 109 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
This article presents the discography of Motown group The Temptations. They had 37 singles reach the Billboard Top 40 in the US, with four reaching #1. On the R&B singles chart, the group scored a record 71 Top 40 singles, with 14 reaching #1.
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| Meet the Temptations | 1964 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Temptations Sing Smokey | 1965 | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Temptin' Temptations | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Gettin' Ready | 1966 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | |||
| The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul | 1967 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | |||
| The Temptations in a Mellow Mood | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| The Temptations Wish It Would Rain | 1968 | 13 | 1 | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||
| Cloud Nine | 1969 | 4 | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 |
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| Together (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) | 28 | 6 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | ||||
| Puzzle People | 5 | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | 82 | — | — | 20 |
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| Psychedelic Shack | 1970 | 9 | 1 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Sky's the Limit | 1971 | 16 | 2 | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Solid Rock | 1972 | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | |||
| All Directions | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | — | 20 | — | 9 | — | 19 |
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| Masterpiece | 1973 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | — | 13 | — | 28 |
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| 1990 | 19 | 2 | 98 | 57 | 24 | 25 | 46 | 13 | — | — | ||||
| A Song for You | 1975 | 13 | 1 | 77 | 14 | 9 | — | 62 | — | — | — |
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| House Party | 40 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Wings of Love | 1976 | 29 | 3 | — | 42 | 16 | — | — | — | 32 | — | |||
| The Temptations Do The Temptations | 53 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
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| Hear to Tempt You | 1977 | 113 | 38 |
| Bare Back | 1978 | — | 46 |
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| US [1] | US R&B [2] | GER [6] | NZ [12] | UK [10] | ||||||
| Power | 1980 | 45 | 13 | — | — | — | ||||
| Give Love at Christmas | — | — | — | — | — |
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| The Temptations | 1981 | 119 | 36 | 46 | — | — | ||||
| Reunion | 1982 | 37 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||
| Surface Thrills | 1983 | 159 | 19 | — | — | — | ||||
| Back to Basics | 152 | 30 | — | — | — | |||||
| Truly for You | 1984 | 55 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 75 | ||||
| Touch Me | 1985 | 146 | 20 | — | — | — | ||||
| To Be Continued... | 1986 | 74 | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
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| Together Again | 1987 | 112 | 12 | ||||
| Special | 1989 | 128 | 25 | ||||
| Milestone | 1991 | — | 88 | ||||
| For Lovers Only | 1995 | — | 43 | ||||
| Phoenix Rising | 1998 | 44 | 8 |
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| Ear-Resistible | 2000 | 54 | 16 | ||||
| Awesome | 2001 | 140 | 27 | ||||
| Legacy | 2004 | 163 | 18 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
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| Reflections [13] | 2006 | 80 | 14 |
| Back to Front | 2007 | 108 | 19 |
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| Still Here [14] | 2010 | 48 |
| All the Time [15] | 2018 | — |
| Temptations 60 | 2022 | — |
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| Temptations Live! | 1967 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Live at the Copa | 1968 | 15 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Live at London's Talk of the Town | 1970 | 21 | 5 | — | — | ||
| The Temptations in Japan | 1973 | — | — | — | — | ||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | |||
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| US [1] | US R&B [2] | SCO [10] | UK [10] | ||||
| Greatest Hits | 1966 | 5 | 1 | — | 17 |
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| Greatest Hits II | 1970 | 15 | 2 | — | 28 |
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| Anthology (re-released with additional tracks in 1986 and 1995) | 1973 | 65 | 5 | — | — |
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| All the Million Sellers | 1981 | — | — | — | — |
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| Great Songs and Performances That Inspired the Motown 25th Anniversary T.V. Special | 1983 | — | — | — | — |
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| The Temptations 25th Anniversary | 1986 | 140 | 55 | — | — | ||
| Motown's Greatest Hits | 1992 | — | — | — | 8 | ||
| Emperors of Soul | 1994 | — | 52 | — | — | ||
| The Ultimate Collection | 1997 | 137 | 60 | — | — |
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| Lost and Found: You've Got to Earn It (1962–1968) | 1999 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Temptations, Volume 1 – The '60s | 2000 | 73 | — [lower-alpha 1] | — | — |
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| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Temptations, Vol. 2 – The 70s, 80s, and 90s | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Temptations at Their Very Best | 2001 | — | — | 51 | 28 | ||
| The Best of the Temptations Christmas | 102 | 55 | — | ||||
| My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations (re-released in 2005 as The Temptations: Gold) | 2002 | 167 | — | — | — | ||
| Psychedelic Soul | 2003 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Classic Soul Hits | 2008 | — | — | 18 | 8 | ||
| The Definitive Collection [19] | — | — | — | — |
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| Icon | 2010 | — | 29 | — | — |
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| 50th Anniversary – The Singles Collection (1961–1971) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | ||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| US [1] | US R&B [2] | CAN [4] | UK [10] | ||||
| TCB (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) | 1968 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
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| The Temptations Show | 1969 | 24 | 2 | — | — | ||
| On Broadway (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) | 38 | 4 | — | — | |||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | Album | ||||||||
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| US [22] | US R&B [23] | BEL (WA) [24] | CAN [25] | GER [6] | IRE [26] | NLD [27] | UK [10] | ||||||
| "Oh Mother of Mine" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meet the Temptations | |||
| "Check Yourself" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "(You're My) Dream Come True" | 1962 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)" (credited as The Pirates) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
| "Paradise" | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meet the Temptations | ||||
| "I Want a Love I Can See" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Farewell My Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Way You Do the Things You Do" | 1964 | 11 | 1 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Be in Trouble" | 33 | 22 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | The Temptin' Temptations | ||||
| "The Girl's Alright with Me" (B-side of "I'll Be In Trouble" ) | 102 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" | 26 | 11 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "My Girl" (original release or 1992 reissue) | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 66 | 2 | 27 | 2 | The Temptations Sing Smokey | ||||
| "It's Growing" | 1965 | 18 | 3 | — | 14 | — | — | — | 45 | ||||
| "Since I Lost My Baby" | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Temptin' Temptations | ||||
| "You've Got to Earn It" (B-side of "Since I Lost My Baby") | 123 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "My Baby" | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Don’t Look Back" (B-side of "My Baby") | 83 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Get Ready" | 1966 | 29 | 1 | — | 32 | — | — | — | 10 |
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| "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | 13 | 1 | — | 32 | — | — | — | 21 |
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| "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 18 |
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| "(I Know) I'm Losing You" | 8 | 1 | — | 33 | — | — | — | 19 |
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| "All I Need" | 1967 | 8 | 2 | — | — [lower-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "You're My Everything" | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 |
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| "I've Been Good to You" (B-side of "You're My Everything") | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gettin' Ready | ||||
| "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need" | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | With a Lot o' Soul | ||||
| "I Wish It Would Rain" | 1968 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 |
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| "I Truly, Truly Believe" (B-side of "I Wish It Would Rain") | 116 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" | 13 | 1 | — | 49 | — | — | — | 47 |
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| "Please Return Your Love to Me" | 26 | 4 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Cloud Nine" | 6 | 2 | — | 9 | — | — | — | 15 |
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| "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Merry Christmas from Motown | ||||
| "Silent Night" (B-side of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) | 1969 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 2 | — | 6 | — | 3 |
| Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations | ||
| "Runaway Child, Running Wild" | 6 | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — |
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| "I'll Try Something New" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) | 25 | 8 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations | ||||
| "Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down" | 20 | 2 | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | Puzzle People | ||||
| "I Second That Emotion" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations | ||||
| "I Can't Get Next to You" | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — | — | 13 |
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| "The Weight" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) | 46 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Together | ||||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Sales | Album | ||||||||
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| US [22] | US R&B [23] | BEL (FL) [34] | BEL (WA) [24] | CAN [25] | GER [6] | NLD [27] | UK [10] | ||||||
| "Psychedelic Shack" | 1970 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 33 |
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| "Why (Must We Fall in Love)" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | Together | ||||
| "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | 30 | 7 |
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| "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)" | 33 | 8 | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | Sky's the Limit | ||||
| "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | 1971 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 72 | — | — | 8 |
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| "It's Summer" | 51 | 29 | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | Solid Rock | ||||
| "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" | 18 | 8 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 32 |
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| "Take a Look Around" | 1972 | 30 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | ||||
| "Mother Nature" | 92 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | All Directions | ||||
| "Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On" (B-side of "Mother Nature") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 14 | |||||
| "Masterpiece" | 1973 | 7 | 1 | — | 13 | 41 | 21 | — | 51 [lower-alpha 7] |
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| "Plastic Man" | 40 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" | 35 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Law of the Land" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |||||
| "Let Your Hair Down" (instrumentation by Rose Royce) | 27 | 1 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | 1990 | ||||
| "Heavenly" | 1974 | 43 | 8 | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | ||||
| "You've Got My Soul on Fire" | 74 | 8 | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | |||||
| "Happy People" (instrumentation by The Commodores) | 40 | 1 | — | — | 53 | — | — | — | A Song for You | ||||
| "Shakey Ground" (instrumentation by The Eddie Hazel Band) | 1975 | 26 | 1 | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Glasshouse" | 37 | 9 | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | |||||
| "Keep Holdin' On" | 1976 | 54 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | House Party | |||
| "Up the Creek (Without a Paddle)" | 94 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wings of Love | ||||
| "Who Are You (And What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life)" | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Temptations Do the Temptations | ||||
| "In a Lifetime" | 1977 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hear to Tempt You | |||
| "Think for Yourself" | 1978 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bare Back" | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bare Back | ||||
| "Ever Ready Love" | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [22] | US R&B [23] | BEL (FL) [34] | CAN [25] | IRE [26] | NLD [27] | UK [10] | |||||||
| "Power" | 1980 | 43 | 11 | 8 | — | — | 8 | — | Power | ||||
| "Struck by Lightning Twice" | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Take Me Away" | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | Loving Couples soundtrack | |||||
| "Aiming at Your Heart" | 1981 | 67 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | The Temptations | ||||
| "Oh What a Night" | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Standing on the Top" (featuring Rick James) | 1982 | 66 | 6 | 29 | 32 | — | — | 53 | Reunion | ||||
| "More on the Inside" | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Love on My Mind Tonight" | 1983 | 88 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | Surface Thrills | ||||
| "Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)" | — | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | Back to Basics | |||||
| "Sail Away" | 54 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Treat Her Like a Lady" | 1984 | 48 | 2 | 25 | — | 10 | 16 | 12 | Truly for You | ||||
| "My Love Is True (Truly for You)" | 1985 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | 84 | |||||
| "How Can You Say That It's Over" | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Do You Really Love Your Baby" | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | 88 | Touch Me | |||||
| "Touch Me" | 1986 | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "A Fine Mess" | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | To Be Continued... | |||||
| "I'm Fascinated" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | ||||||
| "Lady Soul" | 47 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "To Be Continued..." | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Someone" | 1987 | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 90 | Together Again | |||||
| "Look What You Started" | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 63 | ||||||
| "Do You Wanna Go with Me" | 1988 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "All I Want from You" | 1989 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 71 | Special | ||||
| "Special" | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [22] | US R&B [23] | BEL (FL) [34] | CAN [25] | NLD [27] | UK [10] | ||||||||
| "Soul to Soul" | 1990 | — | 12 | — | — | 34 | — | Special | |||||
| "The Motown Song" (Rod Stewart ft. the Temptations) | 1991 | 10 | — | 42 | 1 | — | 10 | Vagabond Heart | |||||
| "The Jones" | — | 41 | — | — | 58 | 69 | Milestone | ||||||
| "Hoops of Fire" | 1992 | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Error of Our Ways" | 1994 | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | Emperors of Soul | |||||
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| "Silent Night" | 1995 | — | 16 | Give Love on Christmas Day | |||||||||
| "Some Enchanted Evening" | — | 40 | For Lovers Only | ||||||||||
| "Stay" | 1998 | 120 | 28 | Phoenix Rising | |||||||||
| "This Is My Promise" | 1999 | — | 54 | ||||||||||
| "How Could He Hurt You" | — | 57 | |||||||||||
| "I'm Here" | 2000 | — | 40 | Ear-Resistible | |||||||||
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"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and number two on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
"Stop! In the Name of Love" is a 1965 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label.
"You Can't Hurry Love" is a 1966 song originally recorded by the Supremes on the Motown label. It was released on July 25, 1966 as the second single from their studio album The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966).
American girl group The Supremes have released 29 studio albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, 32 compilation albums, four box sets, 66 singles and three promotional singles. The Supremes are the most successful American group of all time, and the 26th greatest artist of all time on the US Billboard charts; with 12 number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and three number-one albums on the Billboard 200. The Supremes were the first artist to accumulate five consecutive number-one singles on the US Hot 100 and the first female group to top the Billboard 200 albums chart with The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966). In 2017, Billboard ranked The Supremes as the number-one girl group of all time, publishing, 'although there have been many girl group smashes in the decades since the Supremes ruled the Billboard charts, no collective has yet to challenge their, for lack of a better word, supremacy.' In 2019, the UK Official Charts Company placed 7 Supremes songs—"You Can't Hurry Love" (16), "Baby Love" (23), "Stop! In the Name of Love" (56), "Where Did Our Love Go?" (59), "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (78), "Come See About Me" (94) and "Stoned Love" (99)—on The Official Top 100 Motown songs of the Millennium chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all-time UK downloads and streams.
"My Girl" is a soul music song recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) record label. Written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, it became the Temptations' first U.S. number 1 single, and is currently their signature song. Robinson's inspiration for writing "My Girl" was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. The song was included on the Temptations 1965 album The Temptations Sing Smokey. In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
"Get Ready" is a Motown song written by Smokey Robinson, which resulted in two hit records for the label: a U.S. No. 29 version by The Temptations in 1966, and a U.S. No. 4 version by Rare Earth in 1970. It is significant for being the last song Robinson wrote and produced for the Temptations, due to a deal Berry Gordy made with Norman Whitfield, that if "Get Ready" did not meet with the expected degree of success, then Whitfield's song, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", would get the next release, which resulted in Whitfield more or less replacing Robinson as the group's producer.
"I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 No. 1 single recorded by the Temptations and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Gordy (Motown) label. The song was a No. 1 single on the Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969, from October 18 to October 25, replacing "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies and replaced by "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley. The single was also a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Top R&B Singles for five weeks, from October 4 to November 1, replacing "Oh, What a Night" by the Dells, and replaced by another Motown song, "Baby I'm For Real" by the Originals.
TCB is a 1968 television special produced by Motown Productions and George Schlatter–Ed Friendly Productions of Laugh-In fame. The special is a musical revue starring Motown's two most popular groups at the time, Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations. Containing a combination of showtunes, specially prepared numbers, and popular Motown hits, the special was taped before a live studio audience in September 1968 and originally broadcast December 9, 1968 on NBC, sponsored by the Timex watch corporation. The title of the program uses a then-popular acronym, "TCB", which stands for "Taking Care of Business".
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations for the Motown label. This version peaked for two weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in the United States, selling 900,000 copies in its first two weeks, and at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1969.
"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a song recorded by American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967). Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is today considered the Four Tops' signature song.
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is a song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross. The song became Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a Motown song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Janie Bradford. The song was first recorded by The Temptations as a track on their 1966 album Gettin' Ready. Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield. Jimmy Ruffin also recorded a version with The Temptations providing background vocals in 1966. It remained unreleased until 1997.
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations is a collaborative album combining Motown's two best selling groups, Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations. Issued by Motown in late 1968 to coincide with the broadcast of the Supremes/Temptations TCB television special, the album was a success, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200. Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations spent four weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
"The Tracks of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. It is a multiple award-winning 1965 hit R&B song originally recorded by their group, The Miracles, on Motown's Tamla label. The Miracles' million-selling original version has been inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame, has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America and The National Endowment for the Arts at No. 127 in its list of the "Songs of the Century" – the 365 Greatest Songs of the 20th Century, and has been selected by Rolling Stone as No. 50 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", among many other awards. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked the Miracles' original recording of "The Tracks of My Tears" as "The Greatest Motown Song of All Time".
American music artist Marvin Gaye released 25 studio albums, four live albums, one soundtrack album, 24 compilation albums, and 83 singles. In 1961 Gaye signed a recording contract with Tamla Records, owned by Motown. The first release under the label was The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye. Gaye's first album to chart was a duet album with Mary Wells titled Together, peaking at number forty-two on the Billboard pop album chart. His 1965 album, Moods of Marvin Gaye, became his first album to reach the top ten of the R&B album charts and spawned four hit singles. Gaye recorded more than thirty hit singles for Motown throughout the 1960s, becoming established as "the Prince of Motown". Gaye topped the charts in 1968 with his rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", while his 1969 album, M.P.G., became his first number one R&B album. Gaye's landmark album, 1971's What's Going On became the first album by a solo artist to launch three top ten singles, including the title track. His 1973 single, "Let's Get It On", topped the charts while its subsequent album reached number two on the charts becoming his most successful Motown album to date. In 1982, after 21 years with Motown, Gaye signed with Columbia Records and issued Midnight Love, which included his most successful single to date, "Sexual Healing". Following his death in 1984, three albums were released posthumously while some of Gaye's landmark works were re-issued.
"Proud Mary" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by vocalist and lead guitarist John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January 1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album, Bayou Country. The song became a major hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1969, the first of five singles to peak at No. 2 for the group.
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the broken-hearted who had love that's now departed. The song essentially deals with the struggle to overcome sadness while seeking a new relationship after a breakup.
"For Once in My Life" is a song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965.
"My Cherie Amour" is a 1969 song by Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard pop chart in August to be Wonder's third top ten hit. The song was co-written by Wonder, Sylvia Moy, and Henry Cosby; Cosby also served as producer of the song. At the end of 1969, the song was ranked number 32 for the year.
"I'll Try Something New" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and originally released in 1962 by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla subsidiary label. Their version was a Billboard Top 40 hit, peaking at #39, and just missed the Top 10 of its R&B chart, peaking at #11. The song was released later as a joint single by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, also becoming a charting version on the Billboard 100 pop singles chart, peaking for two weeks in April 1969 at number 25.
